953

953 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	953; CMLIII
Ab urbe condita	1706
Armenian calendar	402; ԹՎ ՆԲ
Assyrian calendar	5703
Balinese saka calendar	874–875
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	874–875
- Kali Yuga	4053–4054
Holocene calendar	10953
Iranian calendar	331–332
Islamic calendar	341–342
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 7; (天暦７年)
Javanese calendar	853–854
Julian calendar	953; CMLIII
Korean calendar	3286
Minguo calendar	959 before ROC; 民前959年
Nanakshahi calendar	−515
Seleucid era	1264/1265 AG
Thai solar calendar	1495–1496
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年; (male Water-Rat); 1079 or 698 or −74; — to —; 阴水牛年; (female Water-Ox); 1080 or 699 or −73

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 (CMLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 1st millennium, the 53rd year of the 10th century, and the 4th year of the 950s decade. As of the start of 953, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

Gregorian calendar	953 CMLIII
Ab urbe condita	1706
Armenian calendar	402 ԹՎ ՆԲ
Assyrian calendar	5703
Balinese saka calendar	874–875
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	874–875
- Kali Yuga	4053–4054
Holocene calendar	10953
Iranian calendar	331–332
Islamic calendar	341–342
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 7 (天暦７年)
Javanese calendar	853–854
Julian calendar	953 CMLIII
Korean calendar	3286
Minguo calendar	959 before ROC 民前959年
Nanakshahi calendar	−515
Seleucid era	1264/1265 AG
Thai solar calendar	1495–1496
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1079 or 698 or −74 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1080 or 699 or −73