1103

1103 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	1103; MCIII
Ab urbe condita	1856
Armenian calendar	552; ԹՎ ՇԾԲ
Assyrian calendar	5853
Balinese saka calendar	1024–1025
Bengali calendar	510
Berber calendar	2053
English Regnal year	3Hen. 1– 4Hen. 1
Buddhist calendar	1647
Burmese calendar	465
Byzantine calendar	6611–6612
Chinese calendar	Nhâm ngọNiên (WaterHorse); 3800 or 3593; — to —; Quý vị niên (WaterGoat); 3801 or 3594
Coptic calendar	819–820
Discordian calendar	2269
Ethiopian calendar	1095–1096
Hebrew calendar	4863–4864
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1159–1160
-Shaka Samvat	1024–1025
-Kali Yuga	4203–4204
Holocene calendar	11103
Igbo calendar	103–104
Iranian calendar	481–482
Islamic calendar	496–497
Japanese calendar	Kōwa5; ( khang hòa ５ niên )
Javanese calendar	1008–1009
Julian calendar	1103; MCIII
Korean calendar	3436
Minguo calendar	809 beforeROC; Dân tiền 809 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−365
Seleucid era	1414/1415AG
Thai solar calendar	1645–1646
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy mã niên; (male Water-Horse); 1229 or 848 or 76; — to —; Âm thủy dương niên; (female Water-Goat); 1230 or 849 or 77

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century; 12th century; 13th century;
Decades:	1080s; 1090s; 1100s; 1110s; 1120s;
Years:	1100; 1101; 1102; 1103; 1104; 1105; 1106;

Year1103(MCIII) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events[edit]

Spring –Bohemond I,Normanprince of Antioch,is released from Seljuk imprisonment atNiksar,after a ransom is paid of 100,000 gold pieces. During his absence,Tancred(Bohemond's nephew) attacks the Byzantines, and re-captures the cities ofTarsus,AdanaandMamistrainCilicia.Tancred is deprived of his lordship by Bohemond's return, and is rewarded with a small fief within thePrincipality of Antioch.^[1]
The Crusaders underRaymond IVinvade theBeqaa Valleyand captureTortosato isolateTripoli.Raymond expands towards theOrontes River,and begins to build a castle on theMons Peregrinuswhich helps in theSiege of Tripoli(see1102). EmperorAlexios Isupports the Crusaders by sending a Byzantine fleet (ten ships) to blockade the port of Tripoli.^[2]
Summer – The Crusaders led by Bohemond I andJoscelin of Courtenayraid the territory ofAleppoto gain supplies. They capture the town ofMuslimiyah,and extract a largetribute.SultanFakhr al-Mulk Radwan,the Seljuk ruler of Aleppo, agrees to pay 7,000 gold pieces and ten horses to the Crusaders while Bohemond agrees to release all Seljuk prisoners captured at Muslimiyah.^[3]

April 27–Anselm,archbishop ofCanterbury,again goes intoexileafter a dispute with KingHenry Iover the appointment of bishops and abbots to important Church positions.
August 5– QueenMatilda of Scotland,wife of Henry I, gives birth to their first sonWilliam AdelinatWinchester.They already have a daughter, PrincessMatilda.

Li Jie,Chinese government minister, publishes hisYingzao Fashitechnical treatise onChinese architecture,during the reign of EmperorHui Zongof theSong Dynasty.

The Scandinavian city ofLundin the Swedish province ofScaniabecomes a see of theCatholic Church,namely theArchdiocese of Lund(approximate date).

^Steven Runciman(1951).A History of the Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem,pp. 31–32.ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.
^Steven Runciman (1951).A History of the Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem,pp. 47–48.ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.
^Steven Runciman (1951).A History of the Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem,p. 32.ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.

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