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January 9, 1903
On January 9, 1903, hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
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Featured · January 9, 1903
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson was a British aristocrat who served as the second governor-general of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1904. He was previously Governor of South Australia from 1899 to 1902.
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The year in brief
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1903rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 903rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 20th…
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On January 9, 1903
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1903 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia. British aristocrat (1852–1928)
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson was a British aristocrat who served as the second governor-general of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1904. He was previously Governor of South Australia from 1899 to 1902.
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- April 19 The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
- April 26 Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded.
- April 29 A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
- August 18 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
- August 19 The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune.
- August 2 The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
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