538
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This article is about the year 538. For the number, see 538 (number). For other uses, see 538 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 500s 510s 520s – 530s – 540s 550s 560s |
| Years: | 535 536 537 – 538 – 539 540 541 |
| 538 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 538 DXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1291 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5288 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1306–-1305 |
| Bengali calendar | -55 |
| Berber calendar | 1488 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1082 |
| Burmese calendar | -100 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6046–6047 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年十一月十五日 (3174/3234-11-15) — to —
戊午年十一月廿五日(3175/3235-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 254–255 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 530–531 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4298–4299 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 594–595 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 460–461 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3639–3640 |
| Holocene calendar | 10538 |
| Iranian calendar | 84 BP – 83 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 87 BH – 86 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2871 |
| Minguo calendar | 1374 before ROC 民前1374年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1081 |
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Year 538 (DXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iohannes without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1291 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 538 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] Europe
- March 12 – Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general Belisarius. The king lays siege to the city of Rimini but is forced to end the siege and retreat to Ravenna.
- Gabrán mac Domangairt becomes king of Dál Riata.
- Arthur, war leader of the Britons, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann. According to legend he is carried to Avalon where he dies.
- The Third Council of Orléans takes place and prohibits rural labor on Sunday.
- The Persians led by Khosrau I sack the city of Antioch.
[edit] Asia
- The Kofun era ends and the Asuka period, the second part of the Yamato period in Japan, begins.
- Buddhism is introduced formally into Japan (by some accounts; see also 552).
[edit] Births
- Emperor Bidatsu, emperor of Japan
- Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian (d. 594)
- Zhiyi, de facto founder of Tiantai Buddhism
[edit] Deaths
- February 8 – Saint Severinus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch
- Comgall mac Domangairt, King of Dál Riata
