525

525 (DXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 525th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 525th year of the 1st millennium, the 25th year of the 6th century, and the 6th year of the 520s decade. As of the start of 525, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	490s  500s  510s  – 520s –  530s  540s  550s
Years:	522 523 524 – 525 – 526 527 528

525 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	525 DXXV
Ab urbe condita	1278
Assyrian calendar	5275
Balinese saka calendar	446–447
Bengali calendar	−68
Berber calendar	1475
Buddhist calendar	1069
Burmese calendar	−113
Byzantine calendar	6033–6034
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3221 or 3161     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3222 or 3162
Coptic calendar	241–242
Discordian calendar	1691
Ethiopian calendar	517–518
Hebrew calendar	4285–4286
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	581–582
- Shaka Samvat	446–447
- Kali Yuga	3625–3626
Holocene calendar	10525
Iranian calendar	97 BP – 96 BP
Islamic calendar	100 BH – 99 BH
Javanese calendar	412–413
Julian calendar	525 DXXV
Korean calendar	2858
Minguo calendar	1387 before ROC 民前1387年
Nanakshahi calendar	−943
Seleucid era	836/837 AG
Thai solar calendar	1067–1068
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 651 or 270 or −502     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 652 or 271 or −501

Events

• Bernicia settled by the Angles.
• Ethiopia conquers Yemen.
• The Daisan river, a tributary of the Euphrates, floods Edessa and within a couple of hours fills the entire city except for the highest parts. Eventually the pent-up waters break through the city walls. The Shroud of Turin was discovered during the rebuilding of the city.
• Byzantine emperor Justin I rebuilds Anazarbus and renames it Justinopolis.
• Dionysius Exiguus produces his tables for computing the date of Easter.