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532 (DXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 532nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 532nd year of the 1st millennium, the 32nd year of the 6th century, and the 3rd year of the 530s decade. As of the start of 532, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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  • January 11Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral is destroyed. They are put down a week later by Belisarius and Mundus; up to 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
  • Justinian I orders the building of a new cathedral – beginning of the construction of the Hagia Sophia.
  • Justinian signs a peace treaty with the Sassanian shah Chosroes I.

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