533
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 500s 510s 520s – 530s – 540s 550s 560s |
| Years: | 530 531 532 – 533 – 534 535 536 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 533 DXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1286 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5283 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 454–455 |
| Bengali calendar | −60 |
| Berber calendar | 1483 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1077 |
| Burmese calendar | −105 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6041–6042 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3229 or 3169 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3230 or 3170 |
| Coptic calendar | 249–250 |
| Discordian calendar | 1699 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 525–526 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4293–4294 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 589–590 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 454–455 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3633–3634 |
| Holocene calendar | 10533 |
| Iranian calendar | 89 BP – 88 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 92 BH – 91 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 420–421 |
| Julian calendar | 533 DXXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 2866 |
| Minguo calendar | 1379 before ROC 民前1379年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −935 |
| Seleucid era | 844/845 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1075–1076 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 659 or 278 or −494 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 660 or 279 or −493 |
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533 (DXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 533rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 533rd year of the 1st millennium, the 33rd year of the 6th century, and the 4th year of the 530s decade. As of the start of 533, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- January 2 – John II becomes Pope, succeeding Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532.
- Belisarius, a general in the service of Justinian I, lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals.
- September 13 – Battle of Ad Decimium: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected.
- December 15 – The Battle of Ticameron begins.
- December – Battle of Ticameron: Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia.
- December 16 – The Digesta or Pandectae, a collection of jurist writings and other sources, is completed (see Corpus Juris Civilis).
- Theodebert I becomes king of Austrasia.