Editing 953

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[[File:Watanabe Tsuna fighting the demond at the Rashomon.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Watanabe no Tsuna]] (953–1025)]]
Year '''953''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Battle of Marash (953)|Battle of Marash]]: Emir [[Sayf al-Dawla]] marches north into the [[Byzantine Empire]] and ravages the countryside of [[Malatya Province|Malatya]] (modern [[Turkey]]). On his way back, he crosses the [[Euphrates]] and intercepts a Byzantine army led by [[Bardas Phokas the Elder|Bardas Phokas]] ('''the Elder'''), near [[Kahramanmaraş|Marash]]. The Byzantines are defeated; Bardas himself barely escapes through the intervention of his attendants. His son [[Constantine Phokas]], governor of [[Seleucia (theme)|Seleucia]], is captured and held prisoner in [[Aleppo]], until his death from an illness some time later.<ref>Vasiliev, A.A. (1968). ''Byzance et les Arabes, Tome II, 1ére partie: Les relations politiques de Byzance et des Arabes à L'époque de la dynastie macédonienne (867–959)''. Brussels: Éditions de l'Institut de Philologie et d'Histoire Orientales.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Liudolf, Duke of Swabia|Liudolf]], duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]], and his brother-in-law [[Conrad the Red]] rebel against King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]]. Otto and his army fail to capture the cities of [[Mainz]] and [[Augsburg]]. He declares Liudolf and Conrad as outlaws ''[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]''. His brother [[Bruno the Great|Bruno I]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne]], restores royal authority in [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]], but some of the rebellious dukes receive support from the [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarians]]. They seize the opportunity to invade [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]]. 
* The town of [[Póvoa de Varzim]] is first mentioned during the rule of [[Mumadona Dias]], countess of [[County of Portugal|Portugal]], under the name [[Villa Euracini]].

==== Africa ====
* [[March 19]] &ndash; Caliph [[al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah]] dies after a severe illness. He is succeeded by his 21-year-old son [[al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah]] as ruler of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]]. His authority is recognized over most of what later will be [[Algeria]], [[Morocco]], and [[Tunisia]].
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== Births ==
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Guo Zongxun]], Chinese emperor (d. [[973]])
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Abu Ishaq Ibrahim (Buyid)|Abu Ishaq Ibrahim]], Buyid prince
* [[Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Charles]], duke of [[Lotharingia|Lower Lorraine]] (d. [[993]])
*''date unknown''
**[[Fujiwara no Korenari]], Japanese courtier (d. [[989]])
**[[Fujiwara no Michitaka]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[995]])
**[[Herbert III, Count of Vermandois|Herbert III]], count of [[Vermandois]] (d. [[1015]])
**[[Kisai Marvazi]], Persian author and [[Persian literature|poet]] (d. [[1002]]) 
**[[Watanabe no Tsuna]], Japanese [[samurai]] (d. [[1025]])
**[[Empress Xiao Yanyan|Xiao Yanyan]], Chinese [[Khitan people|Khitan]] empress (d. [[1009]])
*''probable'' 
**[[Ælfheah of Canterbury|Ælfheah]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] (d. [[1012]])
**[[Al-Karaji]], Persian [[mathematician]]  
**[[Bermudo II of León|Bermudo II]], king of [[Kingdom of León|León]] and [[Kingdom of Galicia|Galicia]]

== Deaths ==
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah]], Fatimid caliph (b. [[913]])
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Empress Shulü Ping|Yingtian]], Chinese Khitan empress (b. [[879]])
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Liutgard of Saxony (died 953)|Liutgard]], duchess of [[Lorraine]] (b. [[931]])
''date unknown''
**[[Abas I of Armenia|Abas I]], king of the [[Bagratuni dynasty]] ([[Armenia]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John M. Douglas|title=The Armenians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aIYlAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=J.J. Winthrop Corporation|isbn=978-0-9631381-0-1|page=175}}</ref>
**[[Mastalus I of Amalfi|Mastalus I]], penultimate [[Duke of Amalfi|''patricius'' of Amalfi]] ([[Italy]]) 
**[[Ma Yinsun]], Chinese official and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]]
**[[Muhammad bin Musafir]], Sallarid ruler (approximate date)
**[[Rasso]], Frankish military leader, [[pilgrim]] and [[saint]]
**[[Wang Jun (Later Zhou chancellor)|Wang Jun]], Chinese singer and chancellor
*''probable'' 
**[[Æthelgar (bishop of Crediton)|Æthelgar]], bishop of [[Diocese of Exeter|Crediton]] 
**[[Rhodri ap Hywel]], king of [[Deheubarth]] ([[Wales]])

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