Theodor Mommsen died on 1 November 1903 in Charlottenburg, aged 85. A German historian and classical scholar, Mommsen is best known for his multivolume History of Rome, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902. He also helped create the monumental Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, a collection of Latin inscriptions, and wrote major works on Roman law and constitutional history, which shaped the field for generations. A liberal politician, he sat in the Prussian and German parliaments and opposed Bismarck and antisemitism. His wide-ranging research, based on inscriptions, coins and legal texts as well as literary sources, gave Roman studies a firm documentary basis.
Before and after
- from 20 July 1903 to 1 October 1903Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
- 11 September 1903Birth of Theodor W. Adorno
- 6 October 1903Birth of Ernest Walton
- 31 October 1903Construction of Hampden Park
- 1 November 1903Death of Theodor Mommsen
- 7 November 1903Birth of Konrad Lorenz
- 17 December 1903First flight of Flyer I
- 17 December 1903The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
- 28 December 1903Birth of John von Neumann
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