| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 |
| 553 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 553 DLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1306 |
| Armenian calendar | 2 ԹՎ Բ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1291 – -1290 |
| Bengali calendar | -40 |
| Berber calendar | 1503 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1097 |
| Burmese calendar | -85 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6061 – 6062 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年十二月初二日 (3189/3249-12-2) — to —
癸酉年閏十一月十一日(3190/3250-intercalary 11-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 269 – 270 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 545 – 546 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4313 – 4314 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 609 – 610 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 475 – 476 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3654 – 3655 |
| Holocene calendar | 10553 |
| Iranian calendar | 69 BP – 68 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 71 BH – 70 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2886 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1096 |