53
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This article is about the year 53. For the number 53, see 53 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s 30s 40s – 50s – 60s 70s 80s |
| Years: | 50 51 52 – 53 – 54 55 56 |
| 53 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 53 LIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 806 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1791 – -1790 |
| Bengali calendar | -540 |
| Berber calendar | 1003 |
| Buddhist calendar | 597 |
| Burmese calendar | -585 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5561 – 5562 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年十一月廿二日 (2689/2749-11-22) — to —
癸丑年十二月初三日(2690/2750-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | -231 – -230 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 45 – 46 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3813 – 3814 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 108 – 109 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3154 – 3155 |
| Holocene calendar | 10053 |
| Iranian calendar | 569 BP – 568 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 587 BH – 585 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2386 |
| Thai solar calendar | 596 |
Year 53 (LIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Roman emperor Claudius removes Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis.
- Claudius secures a senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators. This marks a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the Senate.
- Nero marries Octavia.
- Claudius accepts Nero as his successor to the detriment of Britannicus, his son by his first wife, Messalina.
- Distinct fellowships within the reign of Centricles fall to the dominion of Gaulic barbarians, which provoked an enclave uprising in the foothills of what are now the Alps.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Evodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.
[edit] Arts and sciences
- Seneca writes the tragedy Agamemnon, which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, Medea and Œdipus.
[edit] Births
- September 18—Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor (98–117)
- Kanishka I, king of the Kush in India, protector of Buddhism
- Saturnin, Syrian theologian
- Domitia Longina, first wife of Roman Emperor Domitian
