1303
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the year 1303. For the number, see 1303 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1270s 1280s 1290s – 1300s – 1310s 1320s 1330s |
| Years: | 1300 1301 1302 – 1303 – 1304 1305 1306 |
| 1303 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1303 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1303 MCCCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2056 |
| Armenian calendar | 752 ԹՎ ՉԾԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6053 |
| 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 | 1225–1226 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4404–4405 |
| 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) |
| Julian calendar | 1303 MCCCIII |
| Korean calendar | 3636 |
| Minguo calendar | 609 before ROC 民前609年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1845–1846 |
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1303. |
Year 1303 (MCCCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
January–December[edit]
- 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 – Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the English.
- August 8 – An earthquake destroys the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the world.
- October 22 – Pope Benedict XI succeeds Pope Boniface VIII as the 194th pope.
Date unknown[edit]
- 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 between Ottoman Turks and Byzantines
- The Khilji Dynasty under Alauddin Khilji conquers Chittorgarh in northern India, after taking the massive Chittorgarh Fort.
- The Avoirdupois system of weights and measures is introduced to England and Wales.
- Siege of Amsterdam: Kennemers and Waterlanders laid siege against Amsterdam for a year.
Births[edit]
- Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (d. 1373)
- Gegeen Khan, Mongol emperor of China (d. 1323)
Deaths[edit]
- March 4 – Daniel of Russia, first prince of Moscow
- October 11 – Pope Boniface VIII
- October 27 – Beatrice of Castile, wife of King Afonso III of Portugal
- date unknown – Emperor Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria
