| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s |
| Years: | 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 |
| 538 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 538 DXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1291 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1306 – -1305 |
| Bengali calendar | -55 |
| Berber calendar | 1488 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1082 |
| Burmese calendar | -100 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6046 – 6047 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年十一月十五日 (3174/3234-11-15) — to —
戊午年十一月廿五日(3175/3235-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 254 – 255 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 530 – 531 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4298 – 4299 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 594 – 595 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 460 – 461 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3639 – 3640 |
| Holocene calendar | 10538 |
| Iranian calendar | 84 BP – 83 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 87 BH – 86 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2871 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1081 |