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{{short description|Calendar year}}
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{{About year|853}}
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[[File:Bild Fraumuenster.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Fraumünster]] Church ([[Switzerland]])]]
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Year '''853''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[May 22]] &ndash; A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men) [[Sack of Damietta (853)|sacks and destroys]] the port city of [[Damietta]], located on the [[Nile Delta]] in [[Egypt]]. A large quantity of weapons and supplies intended for the [[Emirate of Crete]] are captured.<ref>{{harvnb|Bury|1912|pp=292–293}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Danish [[Vikings]] attempt to subjugate the [[Curonians]] on the shoreline of the [[Baltic Sea]], but they are repulsed. King [[Olof (I) of Sweden|Olof]] leads Swedish Vikings in retaliation, and attacks the towns of [[Grobiņa|Seeburg]] and [[Apuolė]] (modern [[Courland]]).
* Viking marauders in [[Gaul]] sail eastward from [[Nantes]] without opposition, and reach [[Tours]]. The [[Monastery|monasteries]] at [[Saint-Florent-le-Vieil]] and [[Marmoutier Abbey, Tours|Marmoutier]] are ravaged.
* King [[Charles the Bald]] bribes [[Boris I of Bulgaria|Boris I]], ruler (''[[Khan (title)|khan]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]], to form an [[alliance]] against his brother [[Louis the German]], with [[Rastislav of Moravia]].<ref name='Goldberg 242'>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|p=242}}.</ref>
* [[Gauzbert, Count of Maine|Gauzbert]], count of [[Maine (province)|Maine]], is killed during an [[ambush]] by citizens of Nantes, in revenge for the death of [[Lambert II of Nantes|Lambert II]].<ref>''Chronique de Saint-Maixent'', p. 59. "''Gaubert, comte du Maine tomba dans une embuscade des Nantais et fut tué''".</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Burgred of Mercia]] appeals to [[Æthelwulf]], king of the [[Wessex|West Saxons]], for help against the rebellious Welsh king [[Rhodri the Great]]. Æthelwulf agrees to send help, and [[Wales]] is subdued as far north as [[Anglesey]].<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 15. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>
* Burgred (who inherited his crown last year){{Clarify|which last year, his or ours?|date=September 2017}} marries Æthelwulf's daughter [[Æthelswith]], during a [[ceremony]] at the royal estate at [[Chippenham]].<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />

==== China ====
* [[Duan Chengshi|Tuan Ch'eng-Shih]], Chinese author and scholar during the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]], publishes ''[[Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang|Miscellaneous Offerings from Yu-yang]]''.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Fraumünster]] Church in [[Zürich]] (modern [[Switzerland]]) is founded by [[Louis the German]].
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Jafar al-Tahawi]], Muslim scholar (d. [[933]])
* [[Abu Mansur al-Maturidi]], Muslim theologian (d. [[944]])
* [[Adelaide of Paris|Adelaide]], queen of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] (or [[850]]) 
* [[Ma Yin]], Chinese [[warlord]] and king (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Haymo of Halberstadt|Haymo]], bishop of [[Bishopric of Halberstadt|Halberstadt]]
* [[Áilgenán mac Donngaile]], king of [[Munster]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Columba of Spain|Columba]], Spanish [[nun]] and martyr
* [[Ealhere]], Kentish thegn
* [[Gauzbert, Count of Maine|Gauzbert]], count of [[Maine (province)|Maine]] (approximate date)
* [[Ishaq ibn Isma'il]], emir of [[Emirate of Tbilisi|Tbilisi]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
* [[Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh|Ishaq ibn Rahwayh]], Muslim [[imam]] (or [[852]])
* [[Konstanti Kakhi]], Georgian [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[768]])
* [[Ono no Takamura]], Japanese scholar (b. [[802]])
* [[Theodrada]], Frankish abbess, daughter of [[Charlemagne]] (or [[844]])
* [[Virasena]], Indian [[Indian mathematics|mathematician]] (b. [[792]])

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Bury|first=John Bagnell|author-link=J. B. Bury|title=A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (A.D. 802–867)|location=London|publisher=Macmillan and Company|year=1912|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924074296264}}
* {{Cite book|last=Goldberg|first=Eric J.|title=Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817-876|year=2006|location=Ithaca, NY|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=9780801438905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyiTg0wgl58C}}

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