    __notoc__ year 953 (cmliii) was a common year starting on saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === by place === ==== asia ==== * battle of marash â sayf al-dawla scores a major victory over the byzantines under bardas phokas the elder. ==== europe ==== * liudolf, duke of swabia and conrad the red rebel against german king otto i. * pÃ³voa de varzim, portugal appears, for the first time, as a portuguese town under the name villa euracini. == births == * charles, duke of lower lorraine * fujiwara no korenari, japanese courtier of the heian era * fujiwara no michitaka, japanese noble of the heian period * herbert iii, count of vermandois * al-karaji. persian mathematician and engineer * kisai marvazi, persian poet == deaths == * abas i of armenia, king of armenia * ismail al-mansur. third fatimid caliph * empress dowager yingtian of the liao dynasty * mastalus i of amalfi, penultimate patricius of amalfi * muhammad bin musafir, sallarid ruler of tarum and iranian azerbaijan * rasso, bavarian count, military leader, pilgrim, and saint. * rhodri ap hywel, king of deheubarth == references ==  
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