532

532 in other 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); 3228 or 3168; — to —; 壬子年 (Water Rat); 3229 or 3169
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:	500s 510s 520s – 530s – 540s 550s 560s
Years:	529 530 531 – 532 – 533 534 535

532 (DXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 532nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 532nd year of the 1st millennium, the 32nd year of the 6th century, and the 3rd year of the 530s decade. As of the start of 532, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

January 11 – Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral is destroyed. They are put down a week later by Belisarius and Mundus; up to 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
Justinian I orders the building of a new cathedral – beginning of the construction of the Hagia Sophia.
Justinian signs a peace treaty with the Sassanian shah Chosroes I.