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1353 (MCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1353rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 353rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 14th century, and the 4th year of the 1350s decade. As of the start of 1353, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

• The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio.
• March 3 – Bern signs an alliance with the Swiss Confederation.

• July 15 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
• Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1413)
• Margaret I of Denmark, queen of Haakon VI of Norway (died 1412)
• John Purvey, English scholar and Bible translator (died 1428)

• March 11 – Theognostus, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow
• Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
• Simeon of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
• Matilda, daughter of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland
• Togha Temür, claimant to the throne of the Mongol Il-Khanate in Persia (assassinated)
• Sir Ulick Burke, Irish nobleman