1503

year

1503 (MDIII)was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1503rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 503rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 16th century, and the 4th year of the 1500s decade. As of the start of 1503, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1470s  1480s  1490s  – 1500s –  1510s  1520s  1530s
Years:1500 1501 150215031504 1505 1506
1503 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1503
MDIII
Ab urbe condita2256
Armenian calendar952
ԹՎ ՋԾԲ
Assyrian calendar6253
Balinese saka calendar1424–1425
Bengali calendar910
Berber calendar2453
English Regnal year18 Hen. 7 – 19 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar2047
Burmese calendar865
Byzantine calendar7011–7012
Chinese calendar壬戌(Water Dog)
4199 or 4139
    — to —
癸亥年 (Water Pig)
4200 or 4140
Coptic calendar1219–1220
Discordian calendar2669
Ethiopian calendar1495–1496
Hebrew calendar5263–5264
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1559–1560
 - Shaka Samvat1424–1425
 - Kali Yuga4603–4604
Holocene calendar11503
Igbo calendar503–504
Iranian calendar881–882
Islamic calendar908–909
Japanese calendarBunki 3
(文亀3年)
Javanese calendar1420–1421
Julian calendar1503
MDIII
Korean calendar3836
Minguo calendar409 before ROC
民前409年
Nanakshahi calendar35
Thai solar calendar2045–2046
Tibetan calendar阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
1629 or 1248 or 476
    — to —
阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
1630 or 1249 or 477

Events

  • Erasmus: Enchiridion militis chritiani ("Handbook of the Christian Soldier").

Births

  • August 12 – Christian III of Denmark and Norway