530

This article is about the year 530. For the English band, see Five Thirty.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	510s 520s 530s 540s 550s
Years:	527 528 529 530 531 532 533

530 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	530 DXXX
Ab urbe condita	1283
Assyrian calendar	5280
Balinese saka calendar	451–452
Bengali calendar	−63
Berber calendar	1480
Buddhist calendar	1074
Burmese calendar	−108
Byzantine calendar	6038–6039
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3227 or 3020     — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3228 or 3021
Coptic calendar	246–247
Discordian calendar	1696
Ethiopian calendar	522–523
Hebrew calendar	4290–4291
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	586–587
- Shaka Samvat	451–452
- Kali Yuga	3630–3631
Holocene calendar	10530
Iranian calendar	92 BP – 91 BP
Islamic calendar	95 BH – 94 BH
Javanese calendar	417–418
Julian calendar	530 DXXX
Korean calendar	2863
Minguo calendar	1382 before ROC 民前1382年
Nanakshahi calendar	−938
Seleucid era	841/842 AG
Thai solar calendar	1072–1073
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 656 or 275 or −497     — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 657 or 276 or −496

Bas-relief of Tribonian (c. 500–547)

Battle of Dara (part of the Iberian War)

Year 530 (DXXX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lampadius and Probus (or, less frequently, year 1283 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 530 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

• December 15 – Emperor Justinian I selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on Roman law. This becomes the Digest (Pandects).
• Tribonian becomes quaestor sacri palatii and chief editor of the compilation of the old Roman lawyers' writings.

Persia

• Spring – Battle of Dara: Belisarius and Hermogenes (magister officiorum) defeat a combined Persian-Arab army of 50,000 men at Dara (modern Turkey), by entrenching his infantry in a refused position in the centre line, then carrying out a cavalry envelopment to culminate a classic defensive-offensive battleplan.
• Summer – Battle of Satala: A Byzantine cavalry force (30,000 men) under command of Sittas defeats a major Persian invasion into Roman Armenia.

Africa

• King Hilderic is deposed by his cousin Gelimer after a 7-year reign. He restores Arianism as the official religion of the Vandal Kingdom, and puts his uncle along with supporters in prison.
• Justinian I sends an embassy to Carthage to negotiate with Hilderic. He replies: “Nothing is more desirable than that a monarch should mind his own business.”

China

• Emperor Xiao Zhuang Di is arrested and imprisoned in a Buddhist temple at Jinyang (Shanxi). He is succeeded by Chang Guang Wang, who becomes the new ruler of Northern Wei.
• Xiao Tong, eldest son of emperor Wu Di, compiles the Wen Xuan (Literary Selections), a famous anthology of works dating from the Han to the Liang Dynasty (approximate date).

By topic

Art

• The Mosaic synagogue floor from Maon (Judea) is made. It is now kept at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (approximate date).
• The Vishnu Temple at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh (India) is built. Post-Gupta period (approximate date).

Religion

• September 22 – Pope Felix IV dies at Rome after a 4-year reign, in which he has condemned semi-pelagianism. He is succeeded by Boniface II, an archdeacon of German descent, who becomes the 55th pope.
• October 14 – Dioscorus is elected as antipope in the Lateran Palace, but he dies within a month, thus ending the schism.
• Brendan, Irish abbot, allegedly climbs to the top of Mount Brandon, to look for the Americas (approximate date).

Births

• Dallán Forgaill, Irish poet (approximate date)
• Sophia, Byzantine Empress (approximate date)
• Venantius Fortunatus, Latin poet and bishop (approximate date) (d. 600)
• Xuan Di, emperor of the Chen Dynasty (d. 582)

Deaths

• Cador, king of Dumnonia (England)
• Colmán of Cloyne, Irish monk (d. 606)
• October 14 – Antipope Dioscorus
• Drest III, king of the Picts (approximate date)
• Erzhu Rong, general of Northern Wei (b. 493)
• September 22 – Pope Felix IV
• Xiao Baoyin, prince of Southern Qi (b. 487)