555
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This article is about the year 555. For the number, see 555 (number). For other uses, see 555 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s – 550s – 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 552 553 554 – 555 – 556 557 558 |
| 555 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 555 DLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1308 |
| Armenian calendar | 4 ԹՎ Դ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5305 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1289–-1288 |
| Bengali calendar | -38 |
| Berber calendar | 1505 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1099 |
| Burmese calendar | -83 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6063–6064 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年十一月廿三日 (3191/3251-11-23) — to —
乙亥年十二月初三日(3192/3252-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | 271–272 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 547–548 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4315–4316 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 611–612 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 477–478 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3656–3657 |
| Holocene calendar | 10555 |
| Iranian calendar | 67 BP – 66 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 69 BH – 68 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2888 |
| Minguo calendar | 1357 before ROC 民前1357年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1098 |
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Year 555 (DLV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 555 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
- An earthquake devastates Latakia.
[edit] Asia
- The Nan Liang Dynasty begins; the first ruler is Nan Liang Xuan Di.
- Chinese Liang Dynasty: Liang Yuan Di is succeeded by Liang Zheng Yang Hou, then Liang Jing Di.
- The Mongolic Rouran Khaganate (330–555), of Xianbei provenance, ruled a massive empire before being defeated by the Göktürks (555–745) whose empire was even bigger.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Arts and sciences
- Taliesin becomes court bard to King Brochfael of Powys (approximate date).
- Around this time, the historian Jordanes writes several books, among them De origine actibusque Getarum (The origin and deeds of the Goths).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Pope Vigilius
- Theodebald, king of Austrasia
- Wang Sengbian
- Emperor Yuan of Liang
- Gubazes II of Lazica
- Mihr-Mihroe
