555

555 (DLV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 555th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 555th year of the 1st millennium, the 55th year of the 6th century, and the 6th year of the 550s decade. As of the start of 555, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

555 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	555 DLV
Ab urbe condita	1308
Armenian calendar	4 ԹՎ Դ
Assyrian calendar	5305
Balinese saka calendar	476–477
Bengali calendar	−38
Berber calendar	1505
Buddhist calendar	1099
Burmese calendar	−83
Byzantine calendar	6063–6064
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3251 or 3191     — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3252 or 3192
Coptic calendar	271–272
Discordian calendar	1721
Ethiopian calendar	547–548
Hebrew calendar	4315–4316
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	611–612
- Shaka Samvat	476–477
- Kali Yuga	3655–3656
Holocene calendar	10555
Iranian calendar	67 BP – 66 BP
Islamic calendar	69 BH – 68 BH
Javanese calendar	443–444
Julian calendar	555 DLV
Korean calendar	2888
Minguo calendar	1357 before ROC 民前1357年
Nanakshahi calendar	−913
Seleucid era	866/867 AG
Thai solar calendar	1097–1098
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dog) 681 or 300 or −472     — to — ཤིང་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Boar) 682 or 301 or −471

Events

• King Chlothar I adds the Frankish territories of Metz and Reims.
• King Erb of Gwent dies; his kingdom is divided into Gwent and Ergyng in Southern Wales (approximate date).
• Chinese Liang Dynasty: Jing Di, age 12, succeeds his father Yuan Di.

Births

for more information, see Category:555 births.

• Birth of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid