53

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Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades: 20s  30s  40s  - 50s -  60s  70s  80s
Years: 50  51  52  - 53 -  54  55  56
This article is about the year 53. For other uses, see 53 (number).
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53 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 53
LIII
Ab urbe condita 806
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -1791 – -1790
Berber calendar 1003
Buddhist calendar 597
Burmese calendar -585
Chinese calendar 2689/2749-11-22
(壬子年十一月廿二日)
— to —
2690/2750-12-3
(癸丑年十二月初三日)
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
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Year 53 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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  • 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.

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[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.

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