1303

1303 (MCCCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1303rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 303rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 14th century, and the 4th year of the 1300s decade. As of the start of 1303, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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 other 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

• 24 February: Battle of Roslin
• 20 April: Pope Boniface VIII starts the University of Rome La Sapienza
• October 22 – Pope Benedict XI replaces Pope Boniface VIII as the 194th pope.
• Edward I of England fights for and wins back Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence)
• The Khilji Dynasty under Alauddin Khilji beats Chittorgarh in northern India.

Births

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

Deaths

• October 11 – Pope Boniface VIII
• Daniel of Russia, he was the first prince of Moscow
• Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria, emperor of Bulgaria
• Beatrix of Castile, wife of King Afonso III of Portugal (born 1242)

Other

• Avoirdupois system of weights and measures comes to England and Wales.
• An earthquake destroys the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the world