541
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This article is about the year 541. For the number, see 541 (number). For other uses, see 541 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 510s 520s 530s – 540s – 550s 560s 570s |
| Years: | 538 539 540 – 541 – 542 543 544 |
| 541 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 541 DXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1294 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5291 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1303–-1302 |
| Bengali calendar | -52 |
| Berber calendar | 1491 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1085 |
| Burmese calendar | -97 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6049–6050 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十一月十九日 (3177/3237-11-19) — to —
辛酉年十一月廿八日(3178/3238-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 257–258 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 533–534 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4301–4302 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 597–598 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 463–464 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3642–3643 |
| Holocene calendar | 10541 |
| Iranian calendar | 81 BP – 80 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 84 BH – 83 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2874 |
| Minguo calendar | 1371 before ROC 民前1371年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1084 |
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Year 541 (DXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Basilius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1294 Ab urbe condita). Basilius is the last person to be officially appointed Roman consul, since after this year, the office is merged with the office of Byzantine empire. Thus, from the next year forward, the consular year dating is abandoned. The denomination 541 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire
- January 1 – Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius is appointed as consul in Constantinople, the last person to hold this office.
- The plague appears suddenly in the Egyptian port of Pelusium, spreading the following year to Constantinople as the "Justinianic plague". This was the beginning of a 200-year long pandemic that would devastate Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa.
- John the Cappadocian is dismissed by Theodora for treason.
[edit] Europe
- Totila becomes king of the Ostrogoths.
[edit] Asia
- The Uyghurs come under the rule of the Hephthalites.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Jacob Baradaeus becomes bishop of Edessa.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Ildibad, king of the Ostrogoths
- Adhurgunbadh, Persian general