203

203 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar203
CCIII
Ab urbe condita956
Assyrian calendar4953
Balinese saka calendar124–125
Bengali calendar−390
Berber calendar1153
Buddhist calendar747
Burmese calendar−435
Byzantine calendar5711–5712
Chinese calendar壬午(Water Horse)
2899 or 2839
    — to —
癸未年 (Water Goat)
2900 or 2840
Coptic calendar−81 – −80
Discordian calendar1369
Ethiopian calendar195–196
Hebrew calendar3963–3964
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat259–260
 - Shaka Samvat124–125
 - Kali Yuga3303–3304
Holocene calendar10203
Iranian calendar419 BP – 418 BP
Islamic calendar432 BH – 431 BH
Javanese calendar80–81
Julian calendar203
CCIII
Korean calendar2536
Minguo calendar1709 before ROC
民前1709年
Nanakshahi calendar−1265
Seleucid era514/515 AG
Thai solar calendar745–746
Tibetan calendarཆུ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Water-Horse)
329 or −52 or −824
    — to —
ཆུ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་
(female Water-Sheep)
330 or −51 or −823


203 (CCIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 203rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 203rd year of the 1st millennium, the 3rd year of the 3rd century, and the 4th year of the 200s decade. As of the start of 203, the Gregorian calendar was in agreement with the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Asia

  • Reign in India of Vijaya, Satavahana king of the Andhra.
  • The Andhra empire is being broken apart into smaller and smaller independent sections.

By topic

Religion

Births

  • November – Mahavatar Babaji in Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Probable birth of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Elagabalus (d. 222)
  • Cao Rui, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (approximate date) (d. 239)
  • Zhuge Ke, son of Zhuge Jin, officer of the Wu Kingdom (d. 253)

Deaths

  • Perpetua, Christian saint (martyred)
  • Felicitas, Christian saint (martyred)
  • Ling Cao, general under Sun Ce and father of Ling Tong (killed by pirate Gan Ning)
  • Wu Jing