2053

This article is about the year 2053. For the number, see 2053 (number).

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2020s  2030s  2040s  – 2050s –  2060s  2070s  2080s
Years:	2050 2051 2052 – 2053 – 2054 2055 2056

2053 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2053 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2053 MMLIII
Ab urbe condita	2806
Armenian calendar	1502 ԹՎ ՌՇԲ
Assyrian calendar	6803
Bahá'í calendar	209–210
Bengali calendar	1460
Berber calendar	3003
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2597
Burmese calendar	1415
Byzantine calendar	7561–7562
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4749 or 4689     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4750 or 4690
Coptic calendar	1769–1770
Discordian calendar	3219
Ethiopian calendar	2045–2046
Hebrew calendar	5813–5814
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2109–2110
- Shaka Samvat	1975–1976
- Kali Yuga	5154–5155
Holocene calendar	12053
Igbo calendar	1053–1054
Iranian calendar	1431–1432
Islamic calendar	1475–1476
Japanese calendar	Heisei 65 (平成６５年)
Juche calendar	142
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4386
Minguo calendar	ROC 142 民國142年
Thai solar calendar	2596
Unix time	2619302400–2650838399

2053 (MMLIII) will be a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2053rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 53rd year of the 3rd millennium, the 53rd year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2050s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

• The United States of America's armed forces are presumed to phase out the entire M1 Abrams fleet from service. By this time, the M1 Abrams will have seen 71 years of service with the U.S. Army and USMC. It will be presumably replaced by Main battle tanks or weapons systems resulting from either the GCV (Ground combat vehicle) program, or cancelled FCS (Future combat systems) program.

In fiction

• 2053 sees the end of World War III, as given in Star Trek: First Contact. This was originally presumed to be the starting date for the War, but that was given as 2026 in the Star Trek: Enterprise two parter, "In a Mirror, Darkly". The currently given end year clouds logic over how in 2079, there is a postatomic horror directly attributed to the aftermath of World War Three (TNG episode "Encounter at Farpoint").
• The Sega CD game Rise of the Dragon is set in a dystopian cyberpunk version of Los Angeles in 2053.
• The Ray Bradbury short story, "The Pedestrian", takes place on a November 2053 evening.
• The Japanese computer animated film Planzet takes place in 2053.