552
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This article is about the year 552. For the number (and other uses), see 552 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s – 550s – 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 549 550 551 – 552 – 553 554 555 |
| 552 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 552 DLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1305 |
| Armenian calendar | 1 ԹՎ Ա |
| Assyrian calendar | 5302 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1292–-1291 |
| Bengali calendar | -41 |
| Berber calendar | 1502 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1096 |
| Burmese calendar | -86 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6060–6061 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年十一月十九日 (3188/3248-11-19) — to —
壬申年十二月初一日(3189/3249-12-1) |
| Coptic calendar | 268–269 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 544–545 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4312–4313 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 608–609 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 474–475 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3653–3654 |
| Holocene calendar | 10552 |
| Iranian calendar | 70 BP – 69 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 72 BH – 71 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2885 |
| Minguo calendar | 1360 before ROC 民前1360年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1095 |
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Year 552 (DLII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 552 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
- Battle of Asfeld: Longobards under king Audoin defeat the Gepids.
- Cynric, king of Wessex, captures the fort at Old Sarum.
- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath is established in Ireland.
[edit] Asia
- Prince Shotoku introduces Buddhism to Japan.
- First year of the Armenian calendar.
- Liang Yuan Di succeeds Liang Yu Zhang Wang as ruler of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.
- Göktürks establish the first known Turkic state under the leadership of Bumin Khan.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Eutychius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- July 1 – Totila, King of the Ostrogoths
- Bumin Khan, founder of the Göktürk state
- Mennas, Patriarch of Constantinople
- St. Armel, abbot
- Wang Wei
- Xiao Dong
- Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei
