1853

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

1853 (MDCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• October 4–5 – the Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire begins war with the Russian Empire

Births

• March 30 – Vincent van Gogh, painter
• July 18 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and mathematician

Deaths

• March 30 – Abigail Fillmore, wife of U.S. President Millard Fillmore