551
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This article is about the year 551. For the number (and other uses), see 551 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s – 550s – 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 548 549 550 – 551 – 552 553 554 |
| 551 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 551 DLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1304 |
| Armenian calendar | 0 ԹՎ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5301 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1293–-1292 |
| Bengali calendar | -42 |
| Berber calendar | 1501 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1095 |
| Burmese calendar | -87 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6059–6060 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年十二月初九日 (3187/3247-12-9) — to —
辛未年十一月十八日(3188/3248-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 267–268 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 543–544 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4311–4312 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 607–608 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 473–474 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3652–3653 |
| Holocene calendar | 10551 |
| Iranian calendar | 71 BP – 70 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 73 BH – 72 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 551 DLI |
| Korean calendar | 2884 |
| Minguo calendar | 1361 before ROC 民前1361年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1094 |
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Year 551 (DLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 551 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] Byzantine Empire
- Beirut is destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami.
- The Byzantine Empire captures part of southern Spain from the Visigoths.
[edit] Asia
- Liang Yu Zhang Wang succeeds Liang Jian Wen Di as ruler of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Arts and sciences
- Jordanes publishes The Origin and Deeds of the Goths.
