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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|1003}} {{Year nav|1003}} {{C11 year in topic}}[[File:Boleslaw Chrobry Gniezno.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Statue of [[Bolesław I the Brave|Bolesław I]] ('''the Brave''') at [[Gniezno]]]] Year '''1003''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Europe ==== * [[February 9]] – [[Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia|Boleslaus III]] is restored to authority with armed support from Duke [[Bolesław I the Brave|Bolesław I]] ('''the Brave''') of [[Greater Poland|Poland]]. The following months, Boleslaus' brothers [[Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia|Jaromír]] and [[Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia|Oldřich]] flee to [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] and place themselves under the protection of King [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II]], while Boleslaus orders the massacre of his Bohemian leading nobles at [[Vyšehrad]]. * [[German–Polish War (1002–18)|German–Polish War]]: Bolesław I annexes [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]] and parts of [[History of Moravia|Moravia]] (modern [[Slovakia]]). German nobles under [[Henry of Schweinfurt]] revolt against Henry II (who has been promised the [[Duchy of Bavaria]]). * Count [[Abbot Oliba|Oliba]] ('''Taillefer''') [[Ripoll]]. Oliba takes up the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] habit at the [[Santa Maria de Ripoll|Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll]]. * King [[Robert II of France|Robert II]] ('''the Pious''') invades [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]], but fails. After this fiasco Robert repudiates his second wife, [[Bertha of Burgundy]], and marries [[Constance of Arles]] who becomes queen consort of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]]. * King [[Rudolph III of Burgundy]] invests [[Humbert I, Count of Savoy|Humbert I]] ('''the White-Handed''') with the domains of the [[Duchy of Aosta]]. He becomes the first count of the [[House of Savoy]]. * King [[Stephen I of Hungary]] invades [[Transylvania]] (modern [[Romania]]) and establishes the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia|Diocese of Transylvania]] (approximate date). * [[Battle of Albesa]]: Muslim forces of the [[Caliphate of Cordoba]] defeat the northern Christian armies of [[Kingdom of León|León]], [[Kingdom of Navarre|Pamplona]] and [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]].<ref name="french crusades">{{cite journal|last=Boissonade|first=B.|title=Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)|journal=Bulletin Hispanique|date=1934 |volume=36|issue=1|pages=5–28|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hispa_0007-4640_1934_num_36_1_2607|doi=10.3406/hispa.1934.2607}}</ref> ==== England ==== * King [[Sweyn Forkbeard|Sweyn I]] ('''Forkbeard''') lands with a Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] fleet in [[East Anglia]], ravaging the countryside. [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] surrenders to him (approximate date). ==== Asia ==== * Emperor [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao|Sheng Zong]] of the [[Khitan people|Khitan]]-led [[Liao dynasty|Liao Dynasty]] leads an expedition into [[Mongolia]] and subdues the [[Zubu]] tribe who are forced to pay an annual [[tribute]]. === By topic === ==== Art ==== * Construction of the [[Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur|Brihadisvara Temple]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] (modern [[India]]), during the [[Chola Dynasty]] ([[Early Middle Ages|Early Medieval period]]). ==== Religion ==== * [[May 12]] – Pope [[Pope Sylvester II|Sylvester II]] dies after a 4-year [[pontificate]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope John XVII|John XVII]] as the 140th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. * [[November 6]] – John XVII dies after a pontificate of about 7 months and is buried in the [[Archbasilica of St. John Lateran|Lateran Basilica]] at [[Rome]]. * [[Heribert of Cologne|Heribert]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne]], founds [[Deutz Abbey]] at [[Deutz, Cologne|Deutz]] (Germany). </onlyinclude> == Births == * [[Amatus of Nusco|Amatus]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco|Nusco]] (approximate date) * [[Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia|Conrad II]] ('''the Younger'''), duke of [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] (d. [[1039]]) * [[Edward the Confessor]], king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (d. [[1066]]) * [[Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Frederick]], duke of [[Lower Lorraine]] (approximate date) * [[Hedwig of France, Countess of Nevers|Hedwig]] (or '''Advisa'''), French princess (approximate date) * [[Herleva]], Norman [[Nobility|noblewoman]] (approximate date) * [[Ibn Hayyus]], Syrian [[Arabic poetry|poet]] and [[Panegyric|panegyrist]] (d. [[1081]]) * [[Ibn Zaydún]], Andalusian poet and writer (d. [[1071]]) * [[Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia|Jing Zong]], Chinese emperor of [[Western Xia]] (d. [[1048]]) * [[Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia|Liudolf of Brunswick]], [[margrave]] of [[Frisia]] (d. [[1038]]) * [[Musharrif al-Dawla]], [[Buyid dynasty|Buyid]] [[emir]] of [[Medieval Iraq|Iraq]] (d. [[1025]]) == Deaths == * [[January 19]] – [[Kilian of Cologne]], Irish [[abbot]] * [[January 25]] – [[Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark|Lothair I]], margrave of the [[Northern March|Nordmark]] * [[May 4]] – [[Herman II, Duke of Swabia|Herman II]], duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] ([[Germany]]) * [[May 12]] – [[Pope Sylvester II|Sylvester II]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] * [[July 11]] – [[Al-Mansur al-Qasim al-Iyyani]], Zaidi [[imam]] * [[August 3]] – [[At-Ta'i]], Abbasid caliph of [[Baghdad]] (b. [[929]]) * [[November 6]] – [[Pope John XVII|John XVII]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[December 24]] – [[William II of Weimar|William II]], German nobleman * [[December 27]] – [[Emma of Blois]], duchess of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]] * [[Athanasius the Athonite]], Byzantine [[monk]] (b. [[920]]) * [[Brian mac Maelruanaidh]], king of [[Maigh Seóla]] ([[Ireland]]) * [[Didda]], queen consort and [[regent]] of [[Kashmir]] ([[India]]) * [[Erik the Red]], Norse [[Vikings|Viking]] explorer (approximate date) * [[Flannchad ua Ruaidíne]], abbot of [[Clonmacnoise]] * [[Gregory of Narek]], Armenian [[Theology|theologian]] (b. [[951]]) * [[Gurgen-Khachik of Vaspurakan|Gurgen IV]], king of [[Kingdom of Vaspurakan|Vaspurakan]] ([[Armenia]]) * [[Ibrahim ibn Baks]], Buyid scholar and [[physician]] * [[Pope Philotheos of Alexandria|Philotheos]], patriarch of [[Alexandria]] ([[Egypt]]) * [[Rozala of Italy|Rozala]], French queen and countess of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] * [[Vladivoj of Bohemia|Vladivoj]], duke of [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]] ([[Czech Republic]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1003}} [[Category:1003| ]]
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