525

Year 525 (DXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Philoxenus (or, less frequently, year 1278 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 525 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. In this year, the monk Dionysius Exiguus proposed a calendar starting with the birth of Jesus (the AD system), so this was the first time the year was designated AD. However, the system was not used in general until the reign of Charlemagne in the 9th century.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
525 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar525
DXXV
Ab urbe condita1278
Assyrian calendar5275
Balinese saka calendar446–447
Bengali calendar−68
Berber calendar1475
Buddhist calendar1069
Burmese calendar−113
Byzantine calendar6033–6034
Chinese calendar甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
3221 or 3161
     to 
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
3222 or 3162
Coptic calendar241–242
Discordian calendar1691
Ethiopian calendar517–518
Hebrew calendar4285–4286
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat581–582
 - Shaka Samvat446–447
 - Kali Yuga3625–3626
Holocene calendar10525
Iranian calendar97 BP – 96 BP
Islamic calendar100 BH – 99 BH
Javanese calendar412–413
Julian calendar525
DXXV
Korean calendar2858
Minguo calendar1387 before ROC
民前1387年
Nanakshahi calendar−943
Seleucid era836/837 AG
Thai solar calendar1067–1068
Tibetan calendar阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
651 or 270 or −502
     to 
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
652 or 271 or −501

Events

Byzantine Empire

  • Emperor Justin I rebuilds the city of Anazarbus (modern Turkey) and renames it "Justinopolis".

Britannia

Europe

Africa

  • Kaleb, king of Aksum, collects a fleet and crosses from Africa to conquer Yemen. He establishes better trade ports on the Red Sea.

Asia

  • The Daisan river, tributary of the Euphrates, floods Edessa, and within a couple of hours fills the entire city except for the highest parts. Eventually the pent-up waters break through the city walls. The Shroud of Turin is allegedly discovered during the rebuilding of the city (see Image of Edessa).

Exploration and colonization

  • Cosmas Indicopleustes, Alexandrian explorer-geographer, travels up the Nile. He will venture as far to the east as Ceylon, become a monk, and write "Topographia Christiana" to vindicate the biblical account of the world (see 550).

Religion

  • Dionysius Exiguus, Scythian theologian-mathematician, inaugurates the practice of using A.D. (Anno Domini) in Rome for calendar dates after the birth of Jesus Christ, a system which has been supported by subsequent studies.[1] Dionysius also produces his tables for computing the date of "Cyclus Paschalis" (Easter Tables).
  • The Arian baptistery of Santa Maria is built in Ripa (Rome).
  • Buddhist caves are completed at Ajanta (India) with stone carvings (approximate date).

Births

Deaths

  • Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (or 524)
  • Bandzhis Firenz, king of Danmark and Medieval Gritzania
  • Yuan Cha, high official of Northern Wei (approximate date)
  • Yūsuf Dhū Nuwas, king of the Himyarite Kingdom (Yemen).

References

  1. Simmons, Kurt M. "Dr". dec25th.info. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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