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| 2nd millennium | 
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| 1253 by topic | 
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | 
| Art and literature | 
| 1253 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1253 MCCLIII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2006 | 
| Armenian calendar | 702 ԹՎ ՉԲ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6003 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1174–1175 | 
| Bengali calendar | 659–660 | 
| 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) 3950 or 3743 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3951 or 3744 | 
| 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 | 
Year 1253 (MCCLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.