534
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| 534 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 534 DXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1287 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5284 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 455–456 |
| Bengali calendar | −59 |
| Berber calendar | 1484 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1078 |
| Burmese calendar | −104 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6042–6043 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3231 or 3024 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3232 or 3025 |
| Coptic calendar | 250–251 |
| Discordian calendar | 1700 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 526–527 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4294–4295 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 590–591 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 455–456 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3634–3635 |
| Holocene calendar | 10534 |
| Iranian calendar | 88 BP – 87 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 91 BH – 90 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 421–422 |
| Julian calendar | 534 DXXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 2867 |
| Minguo calendar | 1378 before ROC 民前1378年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −934 |
| Seleucid era | 845/846 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1076–1077 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 660 or 279 or −493 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 661 or 280 or −492 |
Year 534 (DXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iustinianus and Paulinus (or, less frequently, year 1287 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 534 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
- January 1 – Decimus Theodorius Paulinus is appointed consul (the last to hold this office in the West).
- March – King Gelimer surrenders to Belisarius, after spending a winter in the mountains of Numidia. He and large numbers of captured Vandals are tranported to Constantinople. The Vandal Kingdom ends, and the African provinces return to the Byzantine Empire.
- April – Belisarius leaves a small force in Africa under the Byzantine general Solomon to continue the subjugation of the province. He is appointed to governor (Exarch) and pacifies with success the Moorish tribes. Malta becomes a Byzantine province (until 870).
- November 16 – A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
Europe
- Toledo becomes the capital of the Visigoths in Spain.
- The Frankish kings Cothar I and Childebert I overthrow Godomar, king of the Burgundians, and end the Kingdom of Burgundy.
- Cynric becomes the King of Wessex.
- Theodahad becomes king of the Ostrogoths.
Births
- Taliesin, Welsh poet (approximate date)
- Empress Liu Jingyan
- Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou
Deaths
- October 2 – Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths
- Anthemius of Tralles, mathematician and architect (approximate date)
- Cerdic, first king of West Saxons
- Theuderic I of Austrasia (or 533)