303

Year 303 (CCCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1056 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 303 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 300
  • 301
  • 302
  • 303
  • 304
  • 305
  • 306
303 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar303
CCCIII
Ab urbe condita1056
Assyrian calendar5053
Balinese saka calendar224–225
Bengali calendar−290
Berber calendar1253
Buddhist calendar847
Burmese calendar−335
Byzantine calendar5811–5812
Chinese calendar壬戌年 (Water Dog)
2999 or 2939
     to 
癸亥年 (Water Pig)
3000 or 2940
Coptic calendar19–20
Discordian calendar1469
Ethiopian calendar295–296
Hebrew calendar4063–4064
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat359–360
 - Shaka Samvat224–225
 - Kali Yuga3403–3404
Holocene calendar10303
Iranian calendar319 BP – 318 BP
Islamic calendar329 BH – 328 BH
Javanese calendar183–184
Julian calendar303
CCCIII
Korean calendar2636
Minguo calendar1609 before ROC
民前1609年
Nanakshahi calendar−1165
Seleucid era614/615 AG
Thai solar calendar845–846
Tibetan calendar阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
429 or 48 or −724
     to 
阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
430 or 49 or −723
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1883)

Events

By place

Roman Empire

  • Great Persecution: Emperor Diocletian launches the last major persecution of Christians in the Empire. Hierocles is said to have been the instigator of the fierce persecution of the Christians under Galerius. They are forbidden to worship in groups, and thousands of them are killed in the next 10 years.
  • February 24 Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
  • September 25 On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France.
  • November 20 Diocletian makes a visit to Rome. The Augusti and the Caesars are united for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Diocletian's accession.
  • The Arch of Galerius is dedicated in Thessaloniki.

Armenia

Asia

  • Sassanid Shah Hormizd II succeeds Narseh.

America

By topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Date Unknown

References

  1. Vagi, David (2016). Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. Routledge. p. 476. ISBN 978-1-135-97125-0.
  2. "Lu Ji's (261–303) Essay on Literature dated 1544 and 1547". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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