538
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For other uses, see 538 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s |
| Years: | 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 |
| 538 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 538 DXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1291 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Chinese calendar | 3234 – 3235 丁巳 – 戊午 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 530 – 531 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4298 – 4299 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 593 – 594 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 460 – 461 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3639 – 3640 |
| Iranian calendar | 84 BP – 83 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 87 BH – 86 BH |
Events
By Place
Europe
- March 12 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
- Gabrán mac Domangairt becomes king of Dál Riata.
Asia
- End of the Kofun era and beginning of the Asuka period, the second part of the Yamato period in Japan.
By Topic
Religion
Births
- Emperor Bidatsu, emperor of Japan
- Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian
- Zhiyi, de facto founder of Tiantai Buddhism