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

Contents

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 – 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

  • 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

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

    • Deaths

  • 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

    • References

    1303 Wikipedia
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