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| 531 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 531 DXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1284 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5281 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 452–453 |
| Bengali calendar | −62 |
| Berber calendar | 1481 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1075 |
| Burmese calendar | −107 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6039–6040 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3228 or 3021 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3229 or 3022 |
| Coptic calendar | 247–248 |
| Discordian calendar | 1697 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 523–524 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4291–4292 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 587–588 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 452–453 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3631–3632 |
| Holocene calendar | 10531 |
| Iranian calendar | 91 BP – 90 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 94 BH – 93 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 418–419 |
| Julian calendar | 531 DXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 2864 |
| Minguo calendar | 1381 before ROC 民前1381年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −937 |
| Seleucid era | 842/843 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1073–1074 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 657 or 276 or −496 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 658 or 277 or −495 |
Year 531 (DXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Lampadius and Probus (or, less frequently, year 1284 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 531 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.