531
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This article is about the year 531. For the number (and other uses), see 531 (number). For the brand of bicycle tubing, see Reynolds 531.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 500s 510s 520s – 530s – 540s 550s 560s |
| Years: | 528 529 530 – 531 – 532 533 534 |
| 531 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 531 DXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1284 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5281 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1313–-1312 |
| Bengali calendar | -62 |
| Berber calendar | 1481 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1075 |
| Burmese calendar | -107 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6039–6040 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年十一月廿七日 (3167/3227-11-27) — to —
辛亥年十二月初八日(3168/3228-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 247–248 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 523–524 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4291–4292 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 587–588 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 453–454 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3632–3633 |
| Holocene calendar | 10531 |
| Iranian calendar | 91 BP – 90 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 94 BH – 93 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2864 |
| Minguo calendar | 1381 before ROC 民前1381年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1074 |
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Year 531 (DXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Lampadius and Probus (or, less frequently, year 1284 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 531 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Eastern Roman Empire
- April 19 – Belisarius is defeated at the Battle of Callinicum; Mundus briefly takes command of the army.
- Some members of the Blue and Green chariot racing factions in Constantinople are imprisoned for murder, precipitating the Nika riots the next year.
- The building of St. Sophia Basilica, Constantinople, is begun, and is completed in 537.
[edit] Europe
- Theudis succeeds Amalaric as king of the Visigoths.
- The Franks and Saxons defeat the Kingdom of Thuringia.
[edit] Asia
- The reign of Chang Guang Wang, ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty, ends.
- Khosrau I succeeds Kavadh I as king of Persia.
[edit] Births
- Yan Zhitui, Chinese scholar, official, calligrapher, painter, musician, writer, antiquarian, and Buddhist (d. 591)
[edit] Deaths
- Amalaric, king of the Visigoths (assassinated)
- Xiao Tong
- Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei
