1003

Years: 1000 1001 1002 - 1003 - 1004 1005 1006

Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• Sweyn I of Denmark begins his first invasion of England.
• Humbert I becomes the first count of Savoy.
• King Robert II of France invades Burgundy, but fails.
• Pope John XVII succeeds Pope Silvester II.
• Pope John XVIII succeeds Pope John XVII.
• Boleslaus I of Poland becomes duke of Bohemia and Moravia.

Births

• Edward the Confessor

Deaths

• May 12 - Pope Silvester II
• November 6 - Pope John XVII
• Eric the Red (approximate date, maybe 1004)
• Philotheos of Alexandria, Coptic Patriarch