535

This article is about the year 535. For the number (and other uses), see 535 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	500s  510s  520s  – 530s –  540s  550s  560s
Years:	532 533 534 – 535 – 536 537 538

535 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

535 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	535 DXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1288
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	5285
Bahá'í calendar	-1309–-1308
Bengali calendar	-58
Berber calendar	1485
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1079
Burmese calendar	-103
Byzantine calendar	6043–6044
Chinese calendar	甲寅年十二月十二日 (3171/3231-12-12) — to — 乙卯年十一月廿二日 (3172/3232-11-22)
Coptic calendar	251–252
Ethiopian calendar	527–528
Hebrew calendar	4295–4296
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	591–592
- Shaka Samvat	457–458
- Kali Yuga	3636–3637
Holocene calendar	10535
Iranian calendar	87 BP – 86 BP
Islamic calendar	90 BH – 89 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2868
Minguo calendar	1377 before ROC 民前1377年
Thai solar calendar	1078

Year 535 (DXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Belisarius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1288 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 535 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.

Events

By place

Eastern Roman Empire

• Justinian I orders Belisarius to start the reconquest of Italy; Mundus simultaneously invades Dalmatia.
• Solomon scores two victories over the Moorish rebels in Africa, at Mount Mammes and Mount Bourgaon, clearing Byzacena of them
• December 31 – Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.

Asia

China

• The Western Wei Dynasty begins in China; the first ruler is Wen Di.
• Significant to the history of agriculture, the Chinese author Jia Sixia writes the treatise Chi Min Yao Shu in this year, and although it quotes 160 previous Chinese agronomy books, it is the oldest existent Chinese agriculture treatise. In over 100,000 written Chinese characters, the book covers land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.

Java

• Reports of the eruption of Krakatoa, which possibly lead to several years of climate change (see Climate changes of 535–536), are recorded in the Javanese Book of Kings.

By topic

Religion

• May 13 – Pope Agapetus I succeeds Pope John II as the 57th pope.
• Anthimus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
• The Christian basilica at Leptis Magna is built in North Africa.

Meteorology

• The weather is reported to be unusually cold and dark in multiple parts of the world; see climate changes of 535–536.

Births

• Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi

Deaths

• May 8 – Pope John II
• June 5 – Epiphanius, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths (killed in exile)
• Timothy, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
• Shengyi
• Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei
• Xie He (artist), Chinese artist (b. c. 500) (approximate date).
• Xu Mian