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This article is about the year 853. For the number, see 853 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 820s 830s 840s – 850s – 860s 870s 880s |
| Years: | 850 851 852 – 853 – 854 855 856 |
| 853 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 853 DCCCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1606 |
| Armenian calendar | 302 ԹՎ ՅԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5603 |
| Bengali calendar | 260 |
| Berber calendar | 1803 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1397 |
| Burmese calendar | 215 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6361–6362 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3549 or 3489 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3550 or 3490 |
| Coptic calendar | 569–570 |
| Discordian calendar | 2019 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 845–846 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4613–4614 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 909–910 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 775–776 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3954–3955 |
| Holocene calendar | 10853 |
| Iranian calendar | 231–232 |
| Islamic calendar | 238–239 |
| Japanese calendar | Ninju 3 (仁寿３年) |
| Julian calendar | 853 DCCCLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3186 |
| Minguo calendar | 1059 before ROC 民前1059年 |
| Seleucid era | 1164/1165 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1395–1396 |
The Fraumünster Church (Switzerland)
Year 853 (DCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- May 22 – A Byzantine fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men) sacks and destroys the port city of Damietta located on the Nile Delta in Egypt. A large quantity of weapons and supplies intended for the Emirate of Crete are captured.[1]
Europe
- Viking marauders in Gaul sail eastward from Nantes without opposition and reach Tours. The monasteries at Saint-Florent-le-Vieil and Marmoutier are ravaged.
- King Charles the Bald bribes Boris I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, to form an alliance against his brother Louis the German with Rastislav of Moravia.[2]
- Gauzbert, count of Maine, is killed during an ambush by citizens of Nantes in revenge for the death of Lambert II.[3]
Britain
- King Burgred of Mercia appeals to Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, for help against the rebellious Welsh king Rhodri the Great. Æthelwulf agrees to send help, and Wales is subdued as far north as Anglesey.[4]
- Burgred (who inherited his crown last year) marries Æthelwulf's daughter Æthelswith. They are married during a ceremony at the royal estate at Chippenham.[5]
China
- Tuan Ch'eng-Shih, Chinese author and scholar during the Tang Dynasty, publishes Miscellaneous Offerings from Yu-yang.
By topic
Religion
- The Fraumünster Church in Zürich (modern Switzerland) is founded by Louis the German.
Births
- Abu Jafar al-Tahawi, Muslim scholar (d. 933)
- Ma Yin, Chinese warlord and king (approximate date)
Deaths
- Gauzbert, count of Maine (approximate date)
- March 27 – Haymo, bishop of Halberstadt
- Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, Muslim imam (or 852)
- Theodrada, daughter of Charlemagne (or 844)
References
- ↑ Bury 1912, pp. 292–293.
- ↑ Goldberg 2006, p. 242
- ↑ Chronique de Saint-Maixent, p. 59. "Gaubert, comte du Maine tomba dans une embuscade des Nantais et fut tué"
- ↑ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 15. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5
- ↑ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 15. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5
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