1303

Year 1303 (MCCCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s 1320s
Years:	1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306

1303 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1303 MCCCIII
Ab urbe condita	2056
Armenian calendar	752 ԹՎ ՉԾԲ
Assyrian calendar	6053
Balinese saka calendar	1224–1225
Bengali calendar	710
Berber calendar	2253
English Regnal year	31 Edw. 1 – 32 Edw. 1
Buddhist calendar	1847
Burmese calendar	665
Byzantine calendar	6811–6812
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3999 or 3939     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4000 or 3940
Coptic calendar	1019–1020
Discordian calendar	2469
Ethiopian calendar	1295–1296
Hebrew calendar	5063–5064
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1359–1360
- Shaka Samvat	1224–1225
- Kali Yuga	4403–4404
Holocene calendar	11303
Igbo calendar	303–304
Iranian calendar	681–682
Islamic calendar	702–703
Japanese calendar	Kengen 2 / Kagen 1 (嘉元元年)
Javanese calendar	1214–1215
Julian calendar	1303 MCCCIII
Korean calendar	3636
Minguo calendar	609 before ROC 民前609年
Nanakshahi calendar	−165
Thai solar calendar	1845–1846
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1429 or 1048 or 276     — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1430 or 1049 or 277

Events

January–December

• February 24 – Battle of Roslin: The Scots defeat the English.
• April 4 – Battle of Arques: The Flemings defeat the French.
• April 20 – Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza.
• May 29 – The Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the English.
• August 8 – 1303 Crete earthquake: An earthquake destroys the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the world.[1]
• September 7 – Guillaume de Nogaret imprisons Pope Boniface VIII on behalf of Philip IV of France; Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom, is killed in the incident.
• September 25 – 1303 Hongdong earthquake.
• October 22 – Pope Benedict XI succeeds Pope Boniface VIII, as the 194th pope.

Date unknown

• Wars of Scottish Independence: Edward I of England resumes his campaign against William Wallace and others in Scotland, holding court in Dunfermline Abbey.
• Battle of Dimbos: The Ottoman Turks under Osman I defeat the Byzantines.
• The Khalji Dynasty under Alauddin Khalji conquers Chittorgarh in northern India, after taking the massive Chittor Fort.
• The Avoirdupois system of weights and measures is introduced to England and Wales.
• Siege of Amsterdam: Kennemers and Waterlanders lay siege against Amsterdam for a year.

Births

• Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (d. 1373)
• Gegeen Khan, Mongol emperor of China (d. 1323)

Deaths

• March 4 – Daniel of Russia, first prince of Moscow
• May 19 – Saint Ivan of martingale, French canon lawyer (b. 1253)
• September 7 – Gregory Bicker, archbishop of Ergosterol
• October 11 – Pope Boniface VIII
• October 27 – Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of King Alfonso III of Portugal
• October 29 – Emperor Ivan Sennafuc III of Bulgaria

References

1. Ambraseys, N. N.; Melville, C. P.; Adams, R. D. (2005). The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea: A Historical Review. Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780521020251.