Historical Events
- May 4 Flemings conquers Middelburg
- May 20 Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the English and arranges marriage of English Prince Edward to French Princess Isabella
- Aug 8 Crete earthquake strikes with estimated magnitude of 8, triggering a major tsunami with major damage including ships sweep 2 miles inland in Egypt
- Aug 26 Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khilji captures Chittorgarh, capital of the Guhila Kingdom
- Sep 8 Anagni: French King Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII
Famous People Who Died in 1303
- Feb 8 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
- Mar 4 Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
- May 19 Ivo of Kermartin, Catholic saint and patron of Brittany, dies at 49
- Oct 11 Boniface VIII [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies