Date in year · 1903 · The 1900s
November 3, 1903
On November 3, 1903, with the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
Events
1
Births
0
Deaths
0
Year
1903
1900s
Featured · November 3, 1903
With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country located at the southern end of Central America in North America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's over 4 million inhabitants.
Around 1903
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…
What happened
On November 3, 1903
-
1903 With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia. Country in Central America
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country located at the southern end of Central America in North America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's over 4 million inhabitants.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1903
- 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.
Step through
Nearby
Keep going