538 35767 210527563 2008-05-06T08:52:40Z Escarbot 1554195 robot Adding: [[mk:538]] {{otheruses}} {{yearbox| | in?= | cp=5th century | c=6th century | cf=7th century | yp1=535 | yp2=536 | yp3=537 | year=538 | ya1=539 | ya2=540 | ya3=541 | dp3=500s | dp2=510s | dp1=520s | d=530s | dn1=540s | dn2=550s | dn3=560s }} {{M1YearInTopic}} __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By Place=== ====Europe==== * [[March 12]] — [[Witiges]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]], ends his siege of Rome and retreats to [[Ravenna]], leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine [[general]], [[Belisarius]]. The last [[Arius|Arian]] power in the West is thus defeated, leaving Western Christendom completely under the rule of the [[Pope]]. * [[Gabrán mac Domangairt]] becomes king of [[Dál Riata]]. ====Asia==== * The [[Kofun era]] ends and the [[Asuka period]], the second part of the [[Yamato period]] in [[Japan]], begins. ===By Topic=== ====Religion==== * [[Buddhism]] is introduced formally into [[Japan]] (by some accounts; see also [[552]]). ==Births== * [[Emperor Bidatsu]], emperor of Japan * [[Gregory of Tours]], bishop and historian (d. [[594]]) * [[Zhiyi]], de facto founder of [[Tiantai]] [[Buddhism]] ==Deaths== * [[February 8]] — [[Saint Severinus of Antioch]], [[patriarch of Antioch]] * [[Comgall mac Domangairt]], [[King of Dál Riata]] [[Category:538]] [[Category:530s]] [[af:538]] [[am:538 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:538]] [[an:538]] [[ast:538]] [[az:538]] [[bn:৫৩৮]] [[map-bms:538]] [[be:538]] [[bh:५३८]] [[bs:538]] [[bg:538]] [[ca:538]] [[cv:538]] [[cs:538]] [[co:538]] [[cy:538]] [[da:538]] [[de:538]] [[el:538]] [[es:538]] [[eo:538]] [[eu:538]] [[fr:538]] [[gd:538]] [[gl:538]] [[ko:538년]] [[hi:538]] [[hr:538.]] [[io:538]] [[bpy:মারি ৫৩৮]] [[id:538]] [[it:538]] [[he:538]] [[jv:538]] [[ka:538]] [[csb:538]] [[sw:538]] [[ht:538 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:538]] [[lb:538]] [[hu:538]] [[mk:538]] [[mr:इ.स. ५३८]] [[ms:538]] [[nah:538]] [[nl:538]] [[new:५३८]] [[ja:538年]] [[nap:538]] [[no:538]] [[nn:538]] [[oc:538]] [[uz:538]] [[pi:५३८]] [[pl:538]] [[pt:538]] [[ksh:Joohr 538]] [[ro:538]] [[ru:538 год]] [[sa:५३८]] [[sq:538]] [[scn:538]] [[sk:538]] [[sl:538]] [[sr:538]] [[su:538]] [[fi:538]] [[sv:538]] [[tt:538]] [[th:พ.ศ. 1081]] [[tr:538]] [[uk:538]] [[vec:538]] [[zh:538年]]