Year 536 (Roman numerals: DXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Belisarius.

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536 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar536
DXXXVI
Ab urbe condita1289
Assyrian calendar5286
Balinese saka calendar457–458
Bengali calendar−57
Berber calendar1486
Buddhist calendar1080
Burmese calendar−102
Byzantine calendar6044–6045
Chinese calendar乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
3233 or 3026
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
3234 or 3027
Coptic calendar252–253
Discordian calendar1702
Ethiopian calendar528–529
Hebrew calendar4296–4297
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat592–593
 - Shaka Samvat457–458
 - Kali Yuga3636–3637
Holocene calendar10536
Iranian calendar86 BP – 85 BP
Islamic calendar89 BH – 88 BH
Javanese calendar423–424
Julian calendar536
DXXXVI
Korean calendar2869
Minguo calendar1376 before ROC
民前1376年
Nanakshahi calendar−932
Seleucid era847/848 AG
Thai solar calendar1078–1079
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
662 or 281 or −491
    — to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
663 or 282 or −490

In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as "the worst year to be alive" because of the volcanic winter of 536 caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to decline and resulting in crop failures and famine for well over a year.[1][2]

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  • The volcanic winter of 536, thought to have been caused by an extensive veil of dust in the atmosphere, began in the Northern Hemisphere. It continued until the following year, causing unseasonal weather and crop failure worldwide.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Walsh, Bryan (December 24, 2020). "Despite the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 wasn't the worst year ever – by a long shot". Axios. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Gibbons, Ann (November 15, 2018). "Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive". Science. AAAS. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Bury (1958). pp. 143–144.
  4. ^ a b Vitiello, Massimiliano (January 1, 2014). Theodahad: A Platonic King at the Collapse of Ostrogothic Italy. University of Toronto Press. pp. 157–160. ISBN 978-1-4426-4783-1.
  5. ^ a b Bury (1923). Vol. II, Ch. XVIII. pp. 174-180.
  6. ^ Bambury, Pádraig; Beechinor, Stephen (2000). "The Annals of Ulster" (Electronic ed.). Cork, Ireland: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork. pp. U536.3n. Failure of bread.
  7. ^ Procopius, De Bello Gothico I.VII.
  8. ^ Stanhope, Earl Philip Henry (1848). The Life of Belisarius. J. Murray. pp. 154–158.
  9. ^ Ochoa, George; Hoffman, Jennifer; Tin, Tina (2005). Climate: the force that shapes our world and the future of life on earth. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-59486-288-5.
  10. ^ Allen, Pauline (1981). Evagrius Scholasticus, the Church Historian. Peeters Publishers & Booksellers. p. 1. ISBN 9789042928091.
  11. ^ Bury, J. B. (January 1, 1958). History of the Later Roman Empire from the Death of Theodosius I. to the Death of Justinian. Courier Corporation. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-486-20399-7.
  12. ^ Lindsay, T. F. (1949). Saint Benedict: His Life and Work. Burns, Oates. p. 102.
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