562

562 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar562
DLXII
Ab urbe condita1315
Armenian calendar11
ԹՎ ԺԱ
Assyrian calendar5312
Balinese saka calendar483–484
Bengali calendar−32 – −31
Berber calendar1512
Buddhist calendar1106
Burmese calendar−76
Byzantine calendar6070–6071
Chinese calendar辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
3259 or 3052
    — to —
壬午年 (Water Horse)
3260 or 3053
Coptic calendar278–279
Discordian calendar1728
Ethiopian calendar554–555
Hebrew calendar4322–4323
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat618–619
 - Shaka Samvat483–484
 - Kali Yuga3662–3663
Holocene calendar10562
Iranian calendar60 BP – 59 BP
Islamic calendar62 BH – 61 BH
Javanese calendar450–451
Julian calendar562
DLXII
Korean calendar2895
Minguo calendar1350 before ROC
民前1350年
Nanakshahi calendar−906
Seleucid era873/874 AG
Thai solar calendar1104–1105
Tibetan calendarལྕགས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་
(female Iron-Snake)
688 or 307 or −465
    — to —
ཆུ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Water-Horse)
689 or 308 or −464
Tikal Temple from the main plaza (Guatemala)

Year 562 (DLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 562 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

  • Emperor Justinian I signs a peace treaty with the Sasanid Empire. The status quo ante is restored, with Lazica (modern Georgia) in Byzantine hands.
  • Belisarius stands trial for corruption in Constantinople, possibly with Procopius acting as praefectus urbi. He is found guilty and sent to prison.
  • End of the Lazic War: In the Fifty-Year Peace Treaty, King Khosrau I recognises Lazica as a Byzantine vassal state for an annual payment of 5,000 pounds of gold each year.[1]
  • December 23 – Justinian I re-consecrates Hagia Sophia after its dome is rebuilt. Paul the Silentiary, Byzantine poet, writes an epic poem (Ekphrasis).
  • The last Ostrogothic strongholds at Verona and Brixia are taken by the Byzantine Empire, ending the Gothic War.

Europe

Asia

  • Spring – Xiao Ming Di, age 20, succeeds his father Xuan Di as emperor of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.
  • Silla, by order of king Jinheung, wages war upon Gaya (Three Kingdoms of Korea) and conquers it.
  • The secondary capital Taiyuan in Northern Qi is rebuilt and becomes a center of Buddhism.

Mesoamerica

Deaths

  • Dowager Cao, concubine of Xuan Di
  • Dowager Gong, empress mother of Xuan Di
  • Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)
  • Xuan Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 519)

References

  1. ^ Frye Ancient Iran
  2. ^ Arlen Chase and Diane Chase 2008. "What the Hieroglyphs Don't Tell You": Archaeology and History at Caracol, Belize. Mayab 20: 103-108