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| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s |
| Years: | 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 |
| 531 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 531 DXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1284 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1313 – -1312 |
| Berber calendar | 1481 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1075 |
| Burmese calendar | -107 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6039 – 6040 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年十一月廿七日 (3167/3227-11-27) — to —
辛亥年十二月初八日(3168/3228-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 247 – 248 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 523 – 524 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4291 – 4292 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 586 – 587 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 453 – 454 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3632 – 3633 |
| Holocene calendar | 10531 |
| Iranian calendar | 91 BP – 90 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 94 BH – 93 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2864 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1074 |
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- April 19—Belisarius is defeated at the Battle of Callinicum; Mundus briefly takes command of the army.
- Some members of the Blue and Green chariot racing factions in Constantinople are imprisoned for murder, precipitating the Nika riots the next year.
- The building of St. Sophia Basilica, Constantinople, is begun, and is completed in 537.
Europe
- Theudis succeeds Amalaric as king of the Visigoths.
- The Franks and Saxons defeat the Kingdom of Thuringia.
Asia
- The reign of Chang Guang Wang, ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty, ends.
- Khosrau I succeeds Kavadh I as king of Persia.
Births
- Yan Zhitui, Chinese scholar, official, calligrapher, painter, musician, writer, antiquarian, and Buddhist (d. 591)
Deaths
- Amalaric, king of the Visigoths (assassinated)
- Xiao Tong
- Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei
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