Centuries:	5th century · 6th century · 7th century
Decades:	520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s
Years:	547 548 549 550 551 552 553

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Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

550 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	550 DL
Ab urbe condita	1303
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1294 – -1293
Berber calendar	1500
Buddhist calendar	1094
Burmese calendar	-88
Byzantine calendar	6058 – 6059
Chinese calendar	己巳年十一月廿八日 (3186/3246-11-28) — to — 庚午年十二月初八日 (3187/3247-12-8)
Coptic calendar	266 – 267
Ethiopian calendar	542 – 543
Hebrew calendar	4310 – 4311
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	605 – 606
- Shaka Samvat	472 – 473
- Kali Yuga	3651 – 3652
Holocene calendar	10550
Iranian calendar	72 BP – 71 BP
Islamic calendar	74 BH – 73 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2883
Thai solar calendar	1093
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[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Byzantine Empire

• January 16—Gothic War (535–552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
• Silk-producing technology reaches Constantinople (approximate date).

[edit] Asia

• The Eastern Wei Dynasty ends and the Northern Qi Dynasty begins in northern China. Wen Xuan Di is the first ruler of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
• Two Christian missionaries smuggle a few silkworm larvae to Constantinople from China (approximate date).
• Gupta Empire falls (approximate date).

[edit] Americas

• Construction of the acropolis of Quiriguá (in modern Guatemala) begins (approximate date).

[edit] By topic

[edit] Arts and sciences

• Hindu mathematicians give zero a numeral representation in a positional notation system.
• Procopius writes Secret History (approximate date).

[edit] Religion

• The main redaction of the Babylonian Talmud is completed under Rabbis Ravina and Ashi (approximate date).
• Carriaric, king of the Suevi, converts to Catholicism.
• In Ireland, the Diocese of Tuam is erected.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Buddhapalita, Indian Madhyamaka Scholar