553

This article is about the year 553. For the number (and other uses), see 553 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	520s  530s  540s  – 550s –  560s  570s  580s
Years:	550 551 552 – 553 – 554 555 556

553 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

553 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	553 DLIII
Ab urbe condita	1306
Armenian calendar	2 ԹՎ Բ
Assyrian calendar	5303
Bahá'í calendar	-1291–-1290
Bengali calendar	-40
Berber calendar	1503
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1097
Burmese calendar	-85
Byzantine calendar	6061–6062
Chinese calendar	壬申年十二月初二日 (3189/3249-12-2) — to — 癸酉年閏十一月十一日 (3190/3250-intercalary 11-11)
Coptic calendar	269–270
Ethiopian calendar	545–546
Hebrew calendar	4313–4314
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	609–610
- Shaka Samvat	475–476
- Kali Yuga	3654–3655
Holocene calendar	10553
Iranian calendar	69 BP – 68 BP
Islamic calendar	71 BH – 70 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2886
Minguo calendar	1359 before ROC 民前1359年
Thai solar calendar	1096

Year 553 (DLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 553 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

Europe

• The Ostrogoth Kingdom is conquered by the Byzantines after the Battle of Mons Lactarius.

Asia

• King Seong of Baekje attacks Goguryeo and Silla.
• In Turkish Empire Istemi is appointed as a yabgu in the west of the empire (present day Turkistan) and Kara Khan succeeds Bumin Khan.

By topic

Religion

• The Fifth Ecumenical Council is held.

Births

• Chen Shubao

Deaths

• Gelimer, last King of the Vandals and Alans
• Hou Jing
• Xiao Ji
• Bumin Khan of Turkish Empire