853

853 (DCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 853rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 853rd year of the 1st millennium, the 53rd year of the 9th century, and the 4th year of the 850s decade. As of the start of 853, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	820s  830s  840s  – 850s –  860s  870s  880s
Years:	850 851 852 – 853 – 854 855 856

853 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	853 DCCCLIII
Ab urbe condita	1606
Armenian calendar	302 ԹՎ ՅԲ
Assyrian calendar	5603
Balinese saka calendar	774–775
Bengali calendar	260
Berber calendar	1803
Buddhist calendar	1397
Burmese calendar	215
Byzantine calendar	6361–6362
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3549 or 3489     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3550 or 3490
Coptic calendar	569–570
Discordian calendar	2019
Ethiopian calendar	845–846
Hebrew calendar	4613–4614
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	909–910
- Shaka Samvat	774–775
- Kali Yuga	3953–3954
Holocene calendar	10853
Iranian calendar	231–232
Islamic calendar	238–239
Japanese calendar	Ninju 3 (仁寿３年)
Javanese calendar	750–751
Julian calendar	853 DCCCLIII
Korean calendar	3186
Minguo calendar	1059 before ROC 民前1059年
Nanakshahi calendar	−615
Seleucid era	1164/1165 AG
Thai solar calendar	1395–1396
Tibetan calendar	阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 979 or 598 or −174     — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 980 or 599 or −173

Births

• Eahlswith, Queen of England; wife of Alfred the Great (died 904)