532

532 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	532; DXXXII
Ab urbe condita	1285
Assyrian calendar	5282
Balinese saka calendar	453–454
Bengali calendar	−61
Berber calendar	1482
Buddhist calendar	1076
Burmese calendar	−106
Byzantine calendar	6040–6041
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig); 3229 or 3022; — to —; 壬子年 (Water Rat); 3230 or 3023
Coptic calendar	248–249
Discordian calendar	1698
Ethiopian calendar	524–525
Hebrew calendar	4292–4293
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	588–589
- Shaka Samvat	453–454
- Kali Yuga	3632–3633
Holocene calendar	10532
Iranian calendar	90 BP – 89 BP
Islamic calendar	93 BH – 92 BH
Javanese calendar	419–420
Julian calendar	532; DXXXII
Korean calendar	2865
Minguo calendar	1380 before ROC; 民前1380年
Nanakshahi calendar	−936
Seleucid era	843/844 AG
Thai solar calendar	1074–1075
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年; (female Iron-Pig); 658 or 277 or −495; — to —; 阳水鼠年; (male Water-Rat); 659 or 278 or −494

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century; 6th century ; 7th century;
Decades:	510s; 520s; 530s ; 540s; 550s;
Years:	529; 530; 531; 532 ; 533; 534; 535;

Year 532 (DXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Second year after the Consulship of Lampadius and Probus (or, less frequently, year 1285 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 532 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 11 – Nika riots in Constantinople:^[1] Anger among the supporters of the most important chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—escalates into violence towards the emperor. For the next five days the capital is in chaos. The fires that start during the tumult result in the destruction of much of the city. The insurrection is put down a week later by Belisarius and Mundus; 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
February 23 – Emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. He chooses Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles as architects. The material for the construction is brought from all over the empire, such as large stones from quarries in Porphyry, Egypt. More than 10,000 people are employed.
September – Justinian I signs a peace treaty, the "Eternal Peace", with the Persian king Khosrau I, ending the Iberian War (527-531). Both sides agree to return all occupied territories, and Justinian makes a one-off payment of 110 centenaria (11,000 pounds of gold), as a contribution to the defense of the Caucasus passes.