953
This article is about the year 953. For the number, see 953 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 920s 930s 940s – 950s – 960s 970s 980s |
| Years: | 950 951 952 – 953 – 954 955 956 |
| 953 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 953 CMLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1706 |
| Armenian calendar | 402 ԹՎ ՆԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5703 |
| Bengali calendar | 360 |
| Berber calendar | 1903 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1497 |
| Burmese calendar | 315 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6461–6462 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3649 or 3589 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3650 or 3590 |
| Coptic calendar | 669–670 |
| Discordian calendar | 2119 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 945–946 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4713–4714 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1009–1010 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 875–876 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4054–4055 |
| Holocene calendar | 10953 |
| Iranian calendar | 331–332 |
| Islamic calendar | 341–342 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenryaku 7 (天暦７年) |
| Julian calendar | 953 CMLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3286 |
| Minguo calendar | 959 before ROC 民前959年 |
| Seleucid era | 1264/1265 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1495–1496 |
Year 953 (CMLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Battle of Marash – Sayf al-Dawla scores a major victory over the Byzantines under Bardas Phokas the Elder.
Europe
- Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad the Red rebel against German King Otto I.
- Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal appears, for the first time, as a Portuguese town under the name Villa Euracini.
Births
- Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine
- Fujiwara no Korenari, Japanese courtier of the Heian era
- Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese noble of the Heian period
- Herbert III, Count of Vermandois
- Al-Karaji. Persian mathematician and engineer
- Kisai Marvazi, Persian poet
Deaths
- Abas I of Armenia, King of Armenia
- Ismail al-Mansur. third Fatimid Caliph
- Empress Dowager Yingtian of the Liao Dynasty
- Mastalus I of Amalfi, penultimate patricius of Amalfi
- Muhammad bin Musafir, Sallarid ruler of Tarum and Iranian Azerbaijan
- Rasso, Bavarian count, military leader, pilgrim, and saint.
- Rhodri ap Hywel, king of Deheubarth
References
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