AD 53
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Thai solar calendar | 595–596 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 179 or −202 or −974 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 180 or −201 or −973 |
AD 53 (medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Claudius removes Herod Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis in Greece.
- Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus and Quintus Haterius Antoninus become Roman consuls.
- 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.
- June 9 – Nero is adopted by Claudius as his son and marries his 14-year-old daughter Claudia Octavia.
- Claudius accepts Nero as his successor, to the detriment of Valeria Messalina.
- Distinct fellowships within the reign of Centricles[check spelling] fall to the dominion of Gaulic barbarians, which provoke an enclave uprising in the foothills of what are now the Alps.
- Cardiff is founded by Aulus Didius Gallus.
Korea
By topic
Religion
- Patriarch of Antioch.
- Paul the Apostle writes his epistle to the Galatians from Ephesus (approximately date)
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 Edipus.
Births
- (approximate year) Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor (d. 117)[2]
- Domitia Longina, Roman empress (approximate date)
- Kanishka I, Indian ruler of the Kushan Empire (d. 150)
Deaths
References
- ^ a b "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ISBN 0-631-21858-0.