Timeline November 1903

Events in November 1903 6

• 1817 – 1903 Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) Died 1 November 1903, aged 85 Theodor Mommsen was a German classical scholar and historian whose History of Rome remains a landmark work of ancient historiography. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902. He died near Berlin on 1 November 1903.
• 1830 – 1903 Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Died 13 November 1903, aged 73 Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter who exhibited in all eight Impressionist exhibitions in Paris. He mentored younger artists including Paul Cu00e9zanne and Georges Seurat. He died in Paris on 13 November 1903.
• 1903 Panic of 1903 US stock market downturn known as the Rich Man's Panic A prolonged decline in US stock prices through 1903, driven by overextended credit and investor confidence shaken by earlier corporate trust battles, became known as the Rich Man's Panic. It hit wealthy investors and financiers hardest rather than the general public. The economy recovered by 1904 without a broader banking crisis.
• 1903 Panama declares independence from Colombia Panama secedes with US backing, paving the way for a canal treaty Panama proclaimed independence from Colombia on 3 November 1903, following a US-supported revolt tied to canal negotiations. The United States quickly recognized the new republic. Colombia's failure to ratify a canal treaty had driven the separation.
• 1903 – 1989 Konrad Lorenz Ethology Pioneer Nobel Prize winner for his work on animal behavior, particularly imprinting.
• 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed US gains rights to build and control the Panama Canal Zone Signed on 18 November 1903 between the United States and newly independent Panama, the treaty granted the US a perpetual lease over a strip of land for canal construction. It was negotiated by French engineer Philippe Bunau-Varilla, acting as Panama's envoy despite holding no Panamanian citizenship. The treaty enabled construction of the Panama Canal.