1853
year
1853 (MDCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1853rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 853rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1853, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1820s 1830s 1840s – 1850s – 1860s 1870s 1880s |
| Years: | 1850 1851 1852 – 1853 – 1854 1855 1856 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1853 MDCCCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2606 |
| Armenian calendar | 1302 ԹՎ ՌՅԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6603 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 9–10 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1774–1775 |
| Bengali calendar | 1260 |
| Berber calendar | 2803 |
| British Regnal year | 16 Vict. 1 – 17 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2397 |
| Burmese calendar | 1215 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7361–7362 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4549 or 4489 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4550 or 4490 |
| Coptic calendar | 1569–1570 |
| Discordian calendar | 3019 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1845–1846 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5613–5614 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1909–1910 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1774–1775 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4953–4954 |
| Holocene calendar | 11853 |
| Igbo calendar | 853–854 |
| Iranian calendar | 1231–1232 |
| Islamic calendar | 1269–1270 |
| Japanese calendar | Kaei 6 (嘉永６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1781–1782 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4186 |
| Minguo calendar | 59 before ROC 民前59年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 385 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2395–2396 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1979 or 1598 or 826 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1980 or 1599 or 827 |
Events
change- October 4–5 – the Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire begins war with the Russian Empire
- August 24 - George speck, AKA George Crum, prepares the first ever Potato chip in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Births
change- March 30 – Vincent van Gogh, painter
- July 18 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and mathematician
Deaths
change- March 30 – Abigail Fillmore, wife of U.S. President Millard Fillmore