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

Events
By place Europe • 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). Britain • 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. Arabian Empire November 29Battle 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 – 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. == Births ==
Births
December 7Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) • Feng Yanji, chancellor of Southern Tang (d. 960) • Kūya, Japanese priest of Pure Land Buddhism (d. 972) • Li Gu, chancellor of Later Zhou (d. 960) • Wang Jun, chancellor of Later Zhou (or 902) == Deaths ==
Deaths
March 6Lu Guangqi, Chinese official and chancellorSu Jian, Chinese official and chancellor • March 26Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese politician and poet (b. 845) • June 10Cheng Rui, Chinese warlordJuly 27Abdallah II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir • July – Benedict IV, pope of the Catholic ChurchDecember 24Hedwiga, duchess of SaxonyDecember 30Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (b. 858) • Adalhard of Babenberg, Frankish noblemanMoses Bar-Kepha, Syriac bishop and writer • Théodrate of Troyes, Frankish queen (b. 868) • Zhu Yanshou, Chinese governor (b. 870) == References ==
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