There are no recorded events this year. See an overview of when world history happened.
The year 5555 BC was a leap year starting on a Monday, just like 5657 BC, 5653 BC, 5649 BC, 5645 BC, 5641 BC, 5637 BC, 5633 BC, 5629 BC, 5625 BC, 5621 BC, 5617 BC, 5613 BC, 5609 BC, 5605 BC, 5601 BC, 5597 BC, 5593 BC, 5589 BC, 5585 BC, 5581 BC, 5577 BC, 5573 BC, 5569 BC, 5565 BC, 5561 BC in the century before it and 5553 BC, 5549 BC, 5545 BC, 5541 BC, 5537 BC, 5533 BC, 5529 BC, 5525 BC, 5521 BC, 5517 BC, 5513 BC, 5509 BC, 5505 BC, 5497 BC, 5493 BC, 5489 BC, 5485 BC, 5481 BC, 5477 BC, 5473 BC, 5469 BC, 5465 BC, 5461 BC, 5457 BC in the next.
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icons indicate the phases of the moon and appear only for dates in the Gregorian calendar, i.e. after 14 October 1582. The Chinese calendar is available only from 1645 to 2644, the first millenium since the last reform. The coloured columns mark the Sundays, the last day of the week per standard ISO-8601.
The normal calendar page for the current /year?2013 contains an introduction to the intriguing history of the year as we know it. The Calendar Converter has more detail. The so called Perpetual Calendar uses a trick from before the age of computers to find the weekday for any Gregorian date. Also see an overview of all historical events in the last six thousand years.