1303

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 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature – Music – Science

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

Births – Deaths – Works

Year 1303 (MCCCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday ^[1] (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents 1 Events of 1303 1.1 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Notes

Events of 1303

• 24 February – Battle of Roslin: The Scots defeat the English.
• 20 April: Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza.
• 8 August – 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.

Undated

• Edward I of England reconquers Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence).
• 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.

1303 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1303 MCCCIII
Ab urbe condita	2056
Armenian calendar	752 ԹՎ ՉԾԲ
Bahá'í calendar	-541 – -540
Bengali calendar	710
Berber calendar	2253
Buddhist calendar	1847
Burmese calendar	665
Byzantine calendar	6811 – 6812
Chinese calendar	壬寅年十二月十三日 (3939/3999-12-13) — to — 癸卯年十一月廿三日 (3940/4000-11-23)
Coptic calendar	1019 – 1020
Ethiopian calendar	1295 – 1296
Hebrew calendar	5063 – 5064
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	1359 – 1360
- Shaka Samvat	1225 – 1226
- Kali Yuga	4404 – 4405
Holocene calendar	11303
Iranian calendar	681 – 682
Islamic calendar	702 – 703
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3636
Thai solar calendar	1846

Births

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

Deaths

• October 11 – Pope Boniface VIII
• Daniel of Russia, first prince of Moscow
• Emperor Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria
• Beatrice of Castile (1242–1303), wife of King Afonso III of Portugal

Notes