539

This article is about the year 539. For the number (and other uses), see 539 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	500s  510s  520s  – 530s –  540s  550s  560s
Years:	536 537 538 – 539 – 540 541 542

539 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

539 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	539 DXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1292
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	5289
Bahá'í calendar	-1305–-1304
Bengali calendar	-54
Berber calendar	1489
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1083
Burmese calendar	-99
Byzantine calendar	6047–6048
Chinese calendar	戊午年十一月廿六日 (3175/3235-11-26) — to — 己未年十二月初六日 (3176/3236-12-6)
Coptic calendar	255–256
Ethiopian calendar	531–532
Hebrew calendar	4299–4300
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	595–596
- Shaka Samvat	461–462
- Kali Yuga	3640–3641
Holocene calendar	10539
Iranian calendar	83 BP – 82 BP
Islamic calendar	86 BH – 85 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2872
Minguo calendar	1373 before ROC 民前1373年
Thai solar calendar	1082

Year 539 (DXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Strategius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1292 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 539 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

• Ravenna becomes an exarchate of the Byzantine Empire.
• November 29 – Antioch is struck by an earthquake.

Europe

• Waltari kills his uncle Wacho and becomes king of the Lombards.

Japan

• Emperor Kimmei ascends the throne of Japan.

Births

• Chilperic I, king of Neustria (approximate date)
• Berthe, wife of Ethelbert of Kent

Deaths

• Wacho, king of the Lombards