1653

1653 (MDCLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1653rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 653rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1653, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1620s  1630s  1640s  – 1650s –  1660s  1670s  1680s
Years:	1650 1651 1652 – 1653 – 1654 1655 1656

1653 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1653 MDCLIII
Ab urbe condita	2406
Armenian calendar	1102 ԹՎ ՌՃԲ
Assyrian calendar	6403
Balinese saka calendar	1574–1575
Bengali calendar	1060
Berber calendar	2603
English Regnal year	4 Cha. 2 – 5 Cha. 2 (Interregnum)
Buddhist calendar	2197
Burmese calendar	1015
Byzantine calendar	7161–7162
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4349 or 4289     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4350 or 4290
Coptic calendar	1369–1370
Discordian calendar	2819
Ethiopian calendar	1645–1646
Hebrew calendar	5413–5414
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1709–1710
- Shaka Samvat	1574–1575
- Kali Yuga	4753–4754
Holocene calendar	11653
Igbo calendar	653–654
Iranian calendar	1031–1032
Islamic calendar	1063–1064
Japanese calendar	Jōō 2 (承応２年)
Javanese calendar	1574–1576
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3986
Minguo calendar	259 before ROC 民前259年
Nanakshahi calendar	185
Thai solar calendar	2195–2196
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1779 or 1398 or 626     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1780 or 1399 or 627

Events

• February 2 – New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.