540s

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 5th century6th century7th century
Decades: 510s 520s 530s540s550s 560s 570s
Years: 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549
Categories: BirthsDeathsArchitecture
EstablishmentsDisestablishments

Below are some of the important events that happened from 540 to 549. It is distinct from the decade known as the 50th decade which began on January 1, 541 and ended on December 31, 550.


540

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541

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542

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543

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544

  • Belisarius defeats the Gothic army under king Totila.
  • King Khosrau I unsuccessfully attacks the Byzantine city of Dara.
  • Ly Bi is made emperor and starts the empire Van Xuân (modern Vietnam).

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545

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546

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547

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548

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549

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References

  1. McCullough, Helen Craig. (1966). Yoshitsune: a fifteenth-century Japanese chronicle, p. 322.
  2. Wolfram, Herwig. (1990). History of the Goths, p. 349.
  3. "Pope St. Gregory ('the Great')," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2012-10-15.