537

537 (DXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 537th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 537th year of the 1st millennium, the 37th year of the 6th century, and the 8th year of the 530s decade. As of the start of 537, 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:	500s  510s  520s  – 530s –  540s  550s  560s
Years:	534 535 536 – 537 – 538 539 540

537 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	537 DXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1290
Assyrian calendar	5287
Balinese saka calendar	458–459
Bengali calendar	−56
Berber calendar	1487
Buddhist calendar	1081
Burmese calendar	−101
Byzantine calendar	6045–6046
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3233 or 3173     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3234 or 3174
Coptic calendar	253–254
Discordian calendar	1703
Ethiopian calendar	529–530
Hebrew calendar	4297–4298
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	593–594
- Shaka Samvat	458–459
- Kali Yuga	3637–3638
Holocene calendar	10537
Iranian calendar	85 BP – 84 BP
Islamic calendar	88 BH – 87 BH
Javanese calendar	424–425
Julian calendar	537 DXXXVII
Korean calendar	2870
Minguo calendar	1375 before ROC 民前1375年
Nanakshahi calendar	−931
Seleucid era	848/849 AG
Thai solar calendar	1079–1080
Tibetan calendar	阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 663 or 282 or −490     — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 664 or 283 or −489

Events

• Pope Silverius deposed by Belisarius at the order of Justinian, who appoints as his successor Pope Vigilius.
• Battle of Camlann between Arthur and Mordred. (traditional date)
• December 27 – Construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is completed.