This Year: 1303--Avoirdupois and the Lighthouse of Alexandria

Hello and Welcome to This Year, a YouTube and Blog series with interesting information about each year between 1300 and 2020.

1303

This year, in 1303,

An earthquake destroyed the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which had stood for nearly sixteen centuries.  

The avoirdupois system of weights and measures was first documented.

This has been This Year: 1303.

Credits:

Dashinvaine, "The Fall of the Pharos," 

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/77/6f/2b776f4c842791fdeb8e55ec07926c74.jpg

Matsys, Quentin, "The Moneylender and his Wife,"

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Quentin_Massys_001.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral interior

https://mywowo.net/en/france/paris/notre-dame/interior

Schola Antiqua, Gradual Chant  "Universi qui te expectant," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gradual_chant_-_Universi_qui_te_expectant.ogg