control, making it the first pontifical university. Geology August 8 – 1303 Crete earthquake: An earthquake destroys the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the Seven wonders of the World. September 25 – 1303 Hongdong earthquake: An earthquake destroys the cities of Taiyuan and Pingyang, some 200,000 people are killed. Religion September 7 – Boniface VIII is imprisoned by Guillaume de Nogaret, French councillor and advisor, on behalf of Philip IV (the Fair) at his residence in Anagni. During the incident, Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom, is killed. Boniface is for three days held in captivity, where he is beaten, tortured and nearly executed. October 11 – Boniface VIII dies after a pontificate of 8 years at Anagni. He is succeeded by Benedict XI as the 194th pope of the Catholic Church. </onlyinclude> Births May 19 – Saw Zein (or Binnya Ran De), Burmese ruler (d. 1330) July 12 – Hugh de Courtenay, English nobleman and knight (d. 1377) Bridget of Sweden (or Birgitta), Swedish nun and mystic (d. 1373) Catherine II, Latin empress consort, regent and co-ruler (d. 1346) Henry Ferrers, English nobleman, constable and knight (d. 1343) Hōjō Shigetoki, Japanese nobleman (rensho) and official (d. 1333) Marie of Évreux, French noblewoman (House of Capet) (d. 1335) Willem IV of Horne, Dutch nobleman, diplomat and knight (d. 1343) Deaths March 4 Daniel of Moscow, Russian nobleman and prince (b. 1261) Theodora Palaiologina, Byzantine empress consort (b. 1240) March 17 – Otto IV, French nobleman and co-ruler (House of Ivrea) May 19 – Ivo of Kermartin, French priest, judge and saint (b. 1253) July 8 – Procopius of Ustyug, German merchant and wonderworker August 8 – Henry of Castile (the Senator), Spanish prince (b. 1230) August 9 – Thomas Maule, Scottish nobleman, captain and knight August 25 – Ninshō, Japanese monk, disciple and priest (b. 1217) September 7 – Gregory Bicskei, Hungarian prelate and archbishop October 11 – Boniface VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1230) October 27 – Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (b. 1242) November 1 – Hugh XIII of Lusignan, French nobleman (b. 1259) December 9 – Richard Gravesend, English archdeacon and bishop Drakpa Odzer, Tibetan monk, abbot and Imperial Preceptor (b. 1246) Elizabeth of Sicily, queen consort of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1261) Erik Knudsen Skarsholm, Danish nobleman and knight (b. 1235) Hajib Shakarbar, Indian scholar, poet, writer and mystic (b. 1213)