AD 53

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	30s 40s 50s 60s 70s
Years:	50 51 52 AD 53 54 55 56

AD 53 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 53 LIII
Ab urbe condita	806
Assyrian calendar	4803
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−540
Berber calendar	1003
Buddhist calendar	597
Burmese calendar	−585
Byzantine calendar	5561–5562
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2750 or 2543     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2751 or 2544
Coptic calendar	−231 – −230
Discordian calendar	1219
Ethiopian calendar	45–46
Hebrew calendar	3813–3814
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	109–110
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3153–3154
Holocene calendar	10053
Iranian calendar	569 BP – 568 BP
Islamic calendar	587 BH – 585 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 53 LIII
Korean calendar	2386
Minguo calendar	1859 before ROC 民前1859年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1415
Seleucid era	364/365 AG
Thai solar calendar	595–596
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 179 or −202 or −974     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 180 or −201 or −973

AD 53 (LIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Antonius (or, less frequently, year 806 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 53 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Claudius removes Herod Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis in Greece.
• Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus and Quintus Haterius Antoninus become Roman consuls.
• 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.
• June 9 – Nero is adopted by Claudius as his son and marries his 14-year-old daughter Claudia Octavia.
• Claudius accepts Nero as his successor, to the detriment of Britannicus, his son by his first wife, Valeria Messalina.
• Distinct fellowships within the reign of centricles fall to the dominion of Gaulic barbarians, which provoke an enclave uprising in the foothills of what are now the Alps.
• Cardiff is founded by Aulus Didius Gallus.

Korea

• Taejodae becomes ruler of the kingdom of Goguryeo.

By topic

Religion

• Evodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.

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 Edipus.

Births

• September 18 – Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor (d. 117)
• Domitia Longina, Roman empress (approximate date)
• Kanishka I, Indian ruler of the Kushan Empire (d. 150)

Deaths

• Mobon, Korean ruler of Goguryeo