Year
The world in 2003
In 2003 the atlas holds 253 states standing across 6 regions. 78 things began that year - Moscovium, Eris and Serbia and Montenegro among them - and 11 ended; 1 person was born and 61 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 2000s page, and to its century on the 21st century.
What began in 2003
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- Serbia and Montenegro · state · 2003 – 2006
- Coalition Provisional Authority · state · 2003 – 2004
Wars and battles 19
- Iraq War · battle · 2003 – 2011
- War in Darfur · war · 2003 – 2020
- 2003 invasion of Iraq · war · 2003
- Conflict in the Niger Delta · war · 2003
- Battle of Baghdad · battle · 2003
- Capture of Saddam Hussein · battle · 2003
- Battle of Basra · battle · 2003
- Battle of Nasiriyah · battle · 2003
- Battle of Umm Qasr · battle · 2003
- Iraqi conflict · war · 2003 – 2017
and 9 more in the atlas.
Regime change 2
- 2003 Central African Republic coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2003
- 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2003
Unrest and atrocity 11
- Rose Revolution · unrest · 2003
- Iraqi insurgency · unrest · 2003 – 2011
- Assassination of Zoran Đinđić · atrocity · 2003
- Darfur genocide · atrocity · 2003 – 2008
- 15 February 2003 Iraq War protests · unrest · 2003
- 2003 Phnom Penh riots · unrest · 2003
- Depayin massacre · atrocity · 2003
- 2003 Mauritanian coup attempt · unrest · 2003
- 2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état · unrest · 2003
- 2003 Burkina Faso coup attempt · unrest · 2003
and 1 more in the atlas.
Natural disasters 4
- 2003 Bam earthquake · disaster · 2003
- 2003 Boumerdès earthquake · disaster · 2003
- 2003 Bingöl earthquake · disaster · 2003
- 2003 Colima earthquake · disaster · 2003
Treaties 5
- United Nations Convention Against Corruption · treaty · 2003
- Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage · treaty · 2003
- Maputo Protocol · treaty · 2003
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control · treaty · 2003
- Treaty on the Russian–Ukrainian border · treaty · 2003
Works and ideas 35
- Moscovium · discovery · 2003
- Eris · discovery · 2003
- (136108) Haumea · discovery · 2003
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · literature · 2003
- Sedna · discovery · 2003
- The Da Vinci Code · literature · 2003
- Carpo · discovery · 2003
- The Kite Runner · literature · 2003
- Helike · discovery · 2003
- Thelxinoe · discovery · 2003
and 25 more in the atlas.
What ended in 2003
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 3
- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · state · 1992 – 2003
- Ba'athist Iraq · state · 1968 – 2003
- Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan · state · 2001 – 2003
Wars and battles 7
- Second Congo War · war · 1998 – 2003
- Second Liberian Civil War · war · 1999 – 2003
- Siachen conflict · war · 1984 – 2003
- Operation Southern Watch · battle · 1992 – 2003
- Ituri conflict · war · 1999 – 2003
- Pankisi Gorge crisis · war · 2001 – 2003
- Operation Northern Watch · battle · 1997 – 2003
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Iraqi–Kurdish conflict · unrest · 1918 – 2003
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 2003 1
- Thomas Crooks · person · 2003 – 2024
Died in 2003 61
- Idi Amin · politician · 1925 – 2003
- Heydar Aliyev · politician · 1923 – 2003
- Edward Said · philosopher · 1935 – 2003
- Edward Teller · inventor · 1908 – 2003
- Elia Kazan · writer · 1909 – 2003
- Alija Izetbegović · philosopher · 1925 – 2003
- Zoran Đinđić · philosopher · 1952 – 2003
- Soong Mei-ling · politician · 1898 – 2003
- Leopoldo Galtieri · politician · 1926 – 2003
- Rachel Corrie · writer · 1979 – 2003
- Canaan Banana · theologian · 1936 – 2003
- David Dacko · politician · 1930 – 2003
- Moktar Ould Daddah · politician · 1924 – 2003
- Uday Hussein · politician · 1964 – 2003
- Walt Rostow · politician · 1916 – 2003
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan · politician · 1927 – 2003
and 45 more in the atlas.
Standing in 2003
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe60 states
- France · 481 – present · Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic since 1995
- Russia · 1991 – present · Vladimir Putin, President of Russia since 2000
- Italy · 1946 – present · Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy since 1999
- Germany · 1990 – present · Johannes Rau, president of Germany since 1999
- Finland · 1917 – present · Tarja Halonen, President of Finland since 2000
- Spain · 1516 – present · Juan Carlos I, Monarch of Spain since 1975
- United Kingdom · 1927 – present · Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom since 1952
- Norway · 1905 – present · Harald V, Monarch of Norway since 1991
- Poland · 1989 – present · Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of the Republic of Poland since 1995
- Ukraine · 1991 – present · Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine since 1994
and 50 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa43 states
- Turkey · 1923 – present · Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey since 2000
- Egypt · 1953 – present · Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt since 1981
- Israel · 1948 – present · Moshe Katsav, President of Israel since 2000
- Iran · 1979 – present · Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran since 1997
- Algeria · 1962 – present · Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria since 1999
- Azerbaijan · 1991 – present · Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan since 2003
- Armenia · 1991 – present · Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia since 1998
- Iraq · 1932 – present · Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq since 1979
- Saudi Arabia · 1932 – present · Fahd of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia since 1982
- Syria · 1920 – present · Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria since 2000
and 33 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa44 states
- South Africa · 1961 – present · Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa since 1999
- Nigeria · 1963 – present · Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria since 1999
- Ethiopia · 1995 – present · Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia since 2001
- Kenya · 1964 – present · Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya since 2002
- Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1960 – present · Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2001
- Somalia · 1960 – present · Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Somalia since 2000
- Ghana · 1960 – present · John Kufuor, President of Ghana since 2001
- Angola · 1992 – present · José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola since 1979
- Tanzania · 1964 – present · Benjamin Mkapa, President of Tanzania since 1995
- Zimbabwe · 1980 – present · Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe since 1987
and 34 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia27 states
- India · 1950 – present · A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India since 2002
- Afghanistan · 2002 – present
- Pakistan · 1956 – present · Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan since 2001
- Kazakhstan · 1991 – present · Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan since 1991
- Bangladesh · 1971 – present · Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh since 2002
- Kyrgyzstan · 1991 – present · Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzstan since 2000
- Sri Lanka · 1972 – present · Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka since 1994
- Uzbekistan · 1991 – present · Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan since 1991
- Tajikistan · 1929 – present · Emomali Rahmon, president of Tajikistan since 1994
- Bhutan · 1949 – present · Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan since 1972
and 17 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia29 states
- Japan · 1947 – present · Akihito, Emperor of Japan since 1989
- People's Republic of China · 1949 – present · Hu Jintao, Paramount leader since 2002
- Vietnam · 1976 – present · Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2001
- Indonesia · 1945 – present · Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia since 2001
- South Korea · 1948 – present · Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea since 1998 and Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea since 2003
- Thailand · 1932 – present · Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand since 1946
- Malaysia · 1963 – present · Sirajuddin of Perlis, Yang di-Pertuan Agong since 2001
- Philippines · 1946 – present · Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines since 2001
- Singapore · 1965 – present · S. R. Nathan, President of Singapore since 1999
- Cambodia · 1953 – present · Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia since 1993
and 19 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania50 states
- United States · 1776 – present · George W. Bush, President of the United States since 2001
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Vicente Fox, President of Mexico since 2000
- Australia · 1901 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Australia since 1952 and Peter Hollingworth, monarch of Australia since 2001
- Canada · 1867 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Canada since 1952
- Brazil · 1889 – present · Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil since 1999 and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil since 2003
- Chile · 1810 – present · Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile since 2000
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina since 2002 and Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina since 2003
- Colombia · 1810 – present · Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia since 2002
- New Zealand · 1841 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of New Zealand since 1952
- Venezuela · 1999 – present · Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela since 1999
and 40 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1978 – 2028: every state, war and life of 2003 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 2003: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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