What is 1303?
{{Year nav|1303}} {{Year in various calendars|1303}} {{Year article header|1303}} == 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]], [[Sweden|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]] [[Category:1303| ]]