515

515 (DXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 515th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 515th year of the 1st millennium, the 15th year of the 6th century, and the 6th year of the 510s decade. As of the start of 515, 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:	480s  490s  500s  – 510s –  520s  530s  540s
Years:	512 513 514 – 515 – 516 517 518

515 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	515 DXV
Ab urbe condita	1268
Assyrian calendar	5265
Balinese saka calendar	436–437
Bengali calendar	−78
Berber calendar	1465
Buddhist calendar	1059
Burmese calendar	−123
Byzantine calendar	6023–6024
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3211 or 3151     — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3212 or 3152
Coptic calendar	231–232
Discordian calendar	1681
Ethiopian calendar	507–508
Hebrew calendar	4275–4276
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	571–572
- Shaka Samvat	436–437
- Kali Yuga	3615–3616
Holocene calendar	10515
Iranian calendar	107 BP – 106 BP
Islamic calendar	110 BH – 109 BH
Javanese calendar	402–403
Julian calendar	515 DXV
Korean calendar	2848
Minguo calendar	1397 before ROC 民前1397年
Nanakshahi calendar	−953
Seleucid era	826/827 AG
Thai solar calendar	1057–1058
Tibetan calendar	阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 641 or 260 or −512     — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 642 or 261 or −511

Events

By place

Europe

• The Revolt of Vitalian is put down by forces loyal to Byzantine emperor Anastasius I

Births

• Hulü Guang
• Yuwen Hu

Deaths

• Gao Zhao
• Xuan Wu Di, ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty
• Euphemius, deposed Patriarch of Constantinople

Sources