555

Year 555 (DLV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 555 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
555 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar555
DLV
Ab urbe condita1308
Armenian calendar4
ԹՎ Դ
Assyrian calendar5305
Balinese saka calendar476–477
Bengali calendar−38
Berber calendar1505
Buddhist calendar1099
Burmese calendar−83
Byzantine calendar6063–6064
Chinese calendar甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
3251 or 3191
     to 
乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
3252 or 3192
Coptic calendar271–272
Discordian calendar1721
Ethiopian calendar547–548
Hebrew calendar4315–4316
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat611–612
 - Shaka Samvat476–477
 - Kali Yuga3655–3656
Holocene calendar10555
Iranian calendar67 BP – 66 BP
Islamic calendar69 BH – 68 BH
Javanese calendar443–444
Julian calendar555
DLV
Korean calendar2888
Minguo calendar1357 before ROC
民前1357年
Nanakshahi calendar−913
Seleucid era866/867 AG
Thai solar calendar1097–1098
Tibetan calendar阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
681 or 300 or −472
     to 
阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
682 or 301 or −471

Events

Byzantine Empire

Europe

  • King Chlothar I annexes the Frankish territories of Metz and Reims, after the death of his great-nephew Theudebald.

Britain

  • King Erb of Gwent (in Southern Wales) dies; his kingdom is divided into Gwent and Ergyng (approximate date).[2]

Persia

  • Summer Lazic War: The Byzantine army under Bessas is repulsed, and forced to retreat out of Archaeopolis (Georgia).
  • King Gubazes II is invited to observe the siege of a Persian-held fortress, and is murdered by the Byzantine military staff after accusing them of incompetence.[3]

Asia

  • Chinese Liang Dynasty: Jing Di, age 12, succeeds his father Yuan Di and is declared emperor by general Chen Baxian.
  • The Rouran Khaganate ends; it is defeated by the Göktürks under Muqan Qaghan, who expands his rule in Central Asia.

Arts and sciences

  • Around this time, the historian Jordanes writes several books, among them De origine actibusque Getarum (The origin and deeds of the Goths).
  • Taliesin, British poet, becomes court bard to King Brochwel of Powys (approximate date).

Religion

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Robertson, A. H. F.; Parlak, Osman; Ünlügenç, Ulvi Can (2013). Geological Development of Anatolia and the Easternmost Mediterranean Region. Geological Society of London. p. 461. ISBN 9781862393530.
  2. Ralph Alan Griffiths (June 29, 2004). The Gwent County History: Gwent in prehistory and early history. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1826-3.
  3. Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992, pp. 560, 841, 1103–1104; Bury 1958, p. 118; Greatrex & Lieu 2002, pp. 120–121
  4. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol.3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four. BRILL. September 22, 2014. pp. 1541–. ISBN 978-90-04-27185-2.
  5. John Insley Coddington; American Society of Genealogists; Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy (1980). A Tribute to John Insley Coddington on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the American Society of Genealogists. Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy.
  6. Trish Clark (2010). France, United Kingdom, Ireland. HiddenSpring. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-1-58768-057-1.
  7. Hồng Đức Trần; Anh Thư Hà (2000). A Brief Chronology of Vietnam's History. Thế Giới Publishers.
  8. Parke Godwin (1860). The History of France: (Ancient Gaul). Harper & brothers. pp. 350–.
  9. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol.3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four. BRILL. September 22, 2014. pp. 1697–. ISBN 978-90-04-27185-2.

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