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[[File:Berengar I of Italy.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] and the monks of [[Castiglione a Casauria|Casauria]]]]
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Year '''903''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* King [[Berengar I of Italy]] proceeds to issue concessions and privileges to the Lombard [[nobility]] and [[Monastery|monasteries]]. He grants concessions to [[Bobbio Abbey]] in [[Emilia-Romagna]] ([[Northeast Italy]]).
* King [[Louis the Child|Louis IV]] ("the Child") promulgates the [[Raffelstetten customs regulations]], a legal document for a [[Fee|toll]]-bridge on the [[Danube|Danube River]] in [[Asten, Austria|Asten]] (modern [[Austria]]).

==== Britain ====
* The [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Vikings]] invade [[Anglesey]] after being driven out of [[kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]] (see [[902]]). They fail to gain a foothold in [[Wales]], and sail on to [[Chester]].
* A party of Danes under the Viking warlord [[Ingimundr (tenth century)|Ingimundr]] attack the Welsh in a pitched battle at Maes Ros Meilon, perhaps near [[Llanfaes]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
*[[November 29]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hama]]: Abbasid forces under [[Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib]] defeat the [[Qarmatians]] near [[Hama]], on the banks of the [[Orontes River]] (modern [[Syria]]). The Qarmatian army is scattered and pursued by Abbasid troops; [[Al-Husayn ibn Zikrawayh]] and other Qarmatian leaders are captured.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* July &ndash; Pope [[Pope Benedict IV|Benedict IV]] dies after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope Leo V|Leo V]] as the 118th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. Leo is imprisoned and [[torture]]d by Antipope [[Antipope Christopher|Christopher]] after a reign of just 1 month. Christopher makes himself the new pope of [[Rome]].
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== Births ==
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]], Persian [[astronomer]] (d. [[986]])
* [[Feng Yanji]], chancellor of [[Southern Tang]] (d. [[960]]) 
* [[Kūya]], Japanese priest of [[Pure land|Pure Land Buddhism]] (d. [[972]])
* [[Li Gu (Later Zhou)|Li Gu]], chancellor of [[Later Zhou]] (d. 960)
* [[Wang Jun (Later Zhou chancellor)|Wang Jun]], chancellor of Later Zhou (or [[902]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 6]]
** [[Lu Guangqi]], Chinese official and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]]
** [[Su Jian]], Chinese official and chancellor
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Sugawara no Michizane]], Japanese politician and [[Japanese poetry|poet]] (b. [[845]])
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Cheng Rui]], Chinese [[warlord]]
* [[July 27]]&ndash; [[Abdallah II of Ifriqiya]], Aghlabid [[emir]]
* July &ndash; [[Pope Benedict IV|Benedict IV]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Benedict IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedict-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Hedwiga]], duchess of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]]
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Tian Jun]], Chinese warlord (b. [[858]])
* [[Adalhard von Babenberg|Adalhard of Babenberg]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Moses Bar-Kepha]], Syriac [[bishop]] and writer
* [[Théodrate of Troyes]], Frankish queen (b. [[868]])
* [[Zhu Yanshou]], Chinese governor (b. [[870]])

== References ==
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