| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 220s 230s 240s – 250s – 260s 270s 280s |
| Years: | 250 251 252 – 253 – 254 255 256 |
| 253 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 253 CCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1006 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1591 – -1590 |
| Bengali calendar | -340 |
| Berber calendar | 1203 |
| Buddhist calendar | 797 |
| Burmese calendar | -385 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5761 – 5762 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年十一月十五日 (2889/2949-11-15) — to —
癸酉年十一月廿四日(2890/2950-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | -31 – -30 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 245 – 246 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4013 – 4014 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 309 – 310 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 175 – 176 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3354 – 3355 |
| Holocene calendar | 10253 |
| Iranian calendar | 369 BP – 368 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 380 BH – 379 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2586 |
| Thai solar calendar | 796 |