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Calendar overview 551
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In the battle for Lasika , the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I and the Persian ruler Chosrau I conclude a new armistice. |
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551 in other calendars | |
Ethiopian calendar | 543/544 |
Buddhist calendar | 1094/95 (southern Buddhism); 1093/94 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 54th (55th) cycle
Year of the metal sheep辛未 ( at the beginning of the year metal horse 庚午) |
Jewish calendar | 4311/12 (September 15/16) |
Coptic calendar | 267/268 |
Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCCIV (1304)
Diocletian's era : 267/268 (turn of the year November) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 861/862 (April)
Syria: 862/863 (October) |
Spanish era | 589 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 607/608 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- Narses becomes Justinian's imperial general in Italy in the fight against the Ostrogoths under Totila . In the following year he succeeds in the final smashing of the Ostrogoth Empire .
- Autumn: Battle of Sena Gallica
- Roman-Persian Wars : An armistice between Eastern Stream and the Sassanids is extended by 5 years; Colchis remains exempt from the agreement.
- Athanagild starts an uprising against Agila I for the throne of the Visigoth Empire . He is supported by Eastern Roman troops.
- Bumin Ilkhan , leader of the Gök Turks , accepts the Khagan title.
Disasters
- Earthquake in the Eastern Mediterranean: After a severe wave of earthquakes in central Greece , there are others in Constantinople , Tire , Sidon , Berytos , Byblos and Petra , causing great damage. On the Mediterranean coast, this also leads to large tidal waves.
Born
- around 551: Babai the Great , theologian within the Assyrian Church of the East († 628 )
- around 551: Germanus , Eastern Roman heir to the throne († 605 )
Died
- after 551: Matasuentha , Ostrogothic princess (* 518 )