557
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This article is about the year 557. For the number (and other uses), see 557 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s – 550s – 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 554 555 556 – 557 – 558 559 560 |
| 557 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 557 DLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1310 |
| Armenian calendar | 6 ԹՎ Զ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5307 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1287–-1286 |
| Bengali calendar | -36 |
| Berber calendar | 1507 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1101 |
| Burmese calendar | -81 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6065–6066 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年十一月十六日 (3193/3253-11-16) — to —
丁丑年十一月廿五日(3194/3254-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 273–274 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 549–550 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4317–4318 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 613–614 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 479–480 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3658–3659 |
| Holocene calendar | 10557 |
| Iranian calendar | 65 BP – 64 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 67 BH – 66 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2890 |
| Minguo calendar | 1355 before ROC 民前1355年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1100 |
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Year 557 (DLVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 557 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] Asia
- The Northern Zhou Dynasty begins in northern China; its first ruler is Northern Zhou Xiao Min Di.
- The Liang Dynasty ends and the Chen Dynasty begins in southern China; its first ruler is Chen Wu Di.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Saint Cyriacus the Anchorite
- Emperor Gong of Western Wei, last Emperor of Western Wei
- Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou
