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53

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This article is about the year 53. For other uses, see 53 (number).
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
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
53 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 53
LIII
Ab urbe condita 806
Armenian calendar N/A
Chinese calendar 2749 – 2750
壬子 – 癸丑
Ethiopian calendar 45 – 46
Hebrew calendar 3813 – 3814
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat 108 – 109
- Shaka Samvat N/A
- Kali Yuga 3154 – 3155
Iranian calendar 569 BP – 568 BP
Islamic calendar 587 BH – 586 BH

Events

By place

Roman Empire

  • Roman emperor Claudius removes Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis.
  • Claudius secures a Senatorial decree which gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators. This marked 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.

By topic

Religion

  • Euodius 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, Media and Œdipus.

Births

  • September 18 - Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor (98-117)
  • Kanishka I, king of the Kush in India, protector of Buddhism.
  • Saturnin, Syrian theologian.

Deaths


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