1253
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1220s 1230s 1240s – 1250s – 1260s 1270s 1280s |
| Years: | 1250 1251 1252 – 1253 – 1254 1255 1256 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1253 MCCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2006 |
| Armenian calendar | 702 ԹՎ ՉԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6003 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1174–1175 |
| Bengali calendar | 660 |
| Berber calendar | 2203 |
| English Regnal year | 37 Hen. 3 – 38 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1797 |
| Burmese calendar | 615 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6761–6762 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3949 or 3889 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3950 or 3890 |
| Coptic calendar | 969–970 |
| Discordian calendar | 2419 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1245–1246 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5013–5014 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1309–1310 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1174–1175 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4353–4354 |
| Holocene calendar | 11253 |
| Igbo calendar | 253–254 |
| Iranian calendar | 631–632 |
| Islamic calendar | 650–651 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenchō 5 (建長５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1162–1163 |
| Julian calendar | 1253 MCCLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3586 |
| Minguo calendar | 659 before ROC 民前659年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −215 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1795–1796 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1379 or 998 or 226 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1380 or 999 or 227 |
1253 (MCCLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1253rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 253rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 13th century, and the 4th year of the 1250s decade. As of the start of 1253, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events[change | change source]
- July 6 – Mindaugas is crowned as King of Lithuania.
- July – William II, Count of Holland defeats the Flemish army at Westkapelle.
- A series of naval wars begins between the Italian city-states of Genoa and Venice, which will continue sporadically until 1371.
- King Henry III of England meets with English nobles and church leaders to reaffirm the validity of Magna Carta.
- Pope Innocent IV returns to Rome, having left nine years earlier in 1244 to depose Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, and being unable to return until after Frederick's death due to the agitation throughout Europe caused by that action.
- Having rebuffed the armed forces of Conrad IV of Germany, Pope Innocent IV offers Sicily to Edmund, son of King Henry III of England.
- Galicia becomes a vassal state to the expanding Mongol Empire.
Deaths[change | change source]
- January 19 – Dogen, Japanese founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism
- August 11 – Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born 1194)
- October 9 – Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and theologian
- Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia
- Theobald IV of Champagne (born 1201)
- Saint Richard of Chichester
- King Henry I of Cyprus (born 1217)
- Amadeus IV of Savoy (born 1197)