558

This article is about the year 558. For the number (and other uses), see 558 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	520s  530s  540s  – 550s –  560s  570s  580s
Years:	555 556 557 – 558 – 559 560 561

558 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

558 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	558 DLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1311
Armenian calendar	7 ԹՎ Է
Assyrian calendar	5308
Bahá'í calendar	-1286–-1285
Bengali calendar	-35
Berber calendar	1508
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1102
Burmese calendar	-80
Byzantine calendar	6066–6067
Chinese calendar	丁丑年十一月廿六日 (3194/3254-11-26) — to — 戊寅年十二月初六日 (3195/3255-12-6)
Coptic calendar	274–275
Ethiopian calendar	550–551
Hebrew calendar	4318–4319
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	614–615
- Shaka Samvat	480–481
- Kali Yuga	3659–3660
Holocene calendar	10558
Iranian calendar	64 BP – 63 BP
Islamic calendar	66 BH – 65 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2891
Minguo calendar	1354 before ROC 民前1354年
Thai solar calendar	1101

Year 558 (DLVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 558 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

Byzantine Empire

• May 7 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I orders the dome rebuilt.

Europe

• Clotaire I reunites the Frankish kingdom.
• Conall mac Comgaill becomes king of Dál Riata.

Asia

• The Guanghua Temple is built.
• Istemi of the Western Turks, in alliance with Sassanid Persia, defeats the Hephthalites.

Births

• Gao Yan
• Yu Shinan

Deaths

• Childebert I, king of the Franks
• Gabrán mac Domangairt, king of Dál Riata
• Empress Dugu
• Emperor Jing of Liang