903 Explained

Year 903 (CMIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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

The Danish Vikings invade Anglesey after being driven out of 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 attack the Welsh in a pitched battle at Maes Ros Meilon, perhaps near Llanfaes.

November 29 - 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.

July - Pope Benedict IV dies after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by Leo V as the 118th pope of the Catholic Church. Leo is imprisoned and tortured by Antipope Christopher after a reign of just 1 month. Christopher makes himself the new pope of Rome.

March 6
- Lu Guangqi, Chinese official and chancellor
- Su Jian, Chinese official and chancellor
March 26 - Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese politician and poet (b. 845)
June 10 - Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord
July 27 - Abdallah II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir
July - Benedict IV, pope of the Catholic Church^[1]
December 24 - Hedwiga, duchess of Saxony
December 30 - Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (b. 858)
Adalhard of Babenberg, Frankish nobleman
Moses Bar-Kepha, Syriac bishop and writer
Théodrate of Troyes, Frankish queen (b. 868)
Zhu Yanshou, Chinese governor (b. 870)