1903 in Italy

Years in Italy:	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years:	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906

See also: 1902 in Italy, other events of 1903, 1904 in Italy.

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Events from the year 1903 in Italy.

Kingdom of Italy

• Monarch – Victor Emmanuel III (1900–1946)
• Prime Minister -
  1. Giuseppe Zanardelli (1901–1903)
  2. Giovanni Giolitti (1903–1905)
• Population – 33,004,000

Events

• July 31 – Start of the Papal conclave after the death of the 93-year-old Pope Leo XIII. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto was elected on August 4 as Pope Pius X. Pius X's papacy would feature vigorous condemnation of what he termed 'modernists' and 'relativists' whom he regarded as dangers to the Catholic faith (see for example his Oath Against Modernism).
• November 3 – Prime Minister Giuseppe Zanardelli resigns because of ill health and is succeeded by Giovanni Giolitti.

Births

• January 9 – Gioacchino Colombo, Italian automobile engine designer for Alfa Romeo and Ferrari (d. 1988)
• February 16 – Beniamino Segre, Italian mathematician (d. 1977)
• February 26 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• March 18 – Galeazzo Ciano, Italian diplomat and Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy 1936–1943 (d. 1944)
• July 16 – Adalberto Libera, Italian Modernist architect (d. 1963)

Deaths

• July 20 – Pope Leo XIII, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1810)
• December 26 – Giuseppe Zanardelli, Italian politician and Prime Minister (b. 1826)

References