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Year 953 (CMLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • Battle of Marash: Sayf al-Dawla scores a major victory over the Byzantines, led by Bardas Phokas the Elder.

    • Europe

  • Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad the Red rebel against German King Otto I.
  • The town of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal appears for the first time, under the name Villa Euracini.

    • Births

  • Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine
  • Fujiwara no Korenari, Japanese courtier of the Heian era
  • Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese noble of the Heian period
  • Herbert III, Count of Vermandois
  • Al-Karaji. Persian mathematician and engineer
  • Kisai Marvazi, Persian poet
  • Empress Xiao Yanyan, Khitan Dowager Regent

    • Deaths

  • Abas I of Armenia, King of Armenia
  • Ismail al-Mansur, third Fatimid Caliph
  • Empress Dowager Yingtian of the Liao Dynasty
  • Mastalus I of Amalfi, penultimate patricius of Amalfi
  • Muhammad bin Musafir, Sallarid ruler of Tarum and Iranian Azerbaijan
  • Rasso, Bavarian count, military leader, pilgrim, and saint
  • Rhodri ap Hywel, king of Deheubarth

    • References

    953 Wikipedia
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