1003

1003 (MIII) was a common year beginning on a Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• John XVII happens to Silvestre II as a Pope.

Births

• Edward the confessor, king of England (approximate date).
• Federico de Baja Lorena, Count of Malmedy and Duke of Baja Lorena.
• Ibn Zaydun, Andalusian poet.

Deaths

January

• January 25 - Lotario I de la Marca del Norte, Margrave de la Marca del Norte (n. 940).

February

• February 7 - Susana of Italy, Countess of Flanders and queen consort of the Francos.

May

• May 4 - Herman II of Suabia, member of the Conradina Dynasty.
• May 12 - Pope Silvestre II.

November

• November 6 - Pope John XVII.

Unknown dates

• At-Ta'i, Caliph Abbasi from Baghdad.
• Erik the Red, Colonizer and jarl Greenland.