555
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This article is about the year 555. For other uses, see 555 (disambiguation).
| 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 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1289 – -1288 |
| Berber calendar | 1505 |
| 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 | 610 – 611 |
| - 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 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1098 |
[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.
[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).
