549
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This article is about the year 549. For the number (and other uses), see 549 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 510s 520s 530s – 540s – 550s 560s 570s |
| Years: | 546 547 548 – 549 – 550 551 552 |
| 549 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 549 DXLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1302 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5299 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1295–-1294 |
| Bengali calendar | -44 |
| Berber calendar | 1499 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1093 |
| Burmese calendar | -89 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6057–6058 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年十一月十七日 (3185/3245-11-17) — to —
己巳年十一月廿七日(3186/3246-11-27) |
| Coptic calendar | 265–266 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 541–542 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4309–4310 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 605–606 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 471–472 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3650–3651 |
| Holocene calendar | 10549 |
| Iranian calendar | 73 BP – 72 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 75 BH – 74 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2882 |
| Minguo calendar | 1363 before ROC 民前1363年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1092 |
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Year 549 (DXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 549 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] Byzantine Empire
- The Ostrogoths under Totila recapture Rome.
- Last circus races in Rome.[1]
- c. 549–564 – Transfiguration of Christ, mosaic in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt, is made.
[edit] Europe
- Agila succeeds Theudigisel as king of the Visigoths.
- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory (which still exists) is founded in Ireland.
- Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna consecrates the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe.
[edit] Asia
- Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Theudigisel, king of the Visigoths
- Tuathal Maelgarb, King of Tara
- Gao Cheng
- Emperor Wu of Liang
- Xiao Zhengde
- Princess Xu Zhaopei
- Zhu Yi
- Chen Daoten father of Emperor_Xuan_of_Chen (in either 548 or 549
[edit] References
- ^ O'Donnell, James (2008). The Ruin of the Roman Empire. New York: HarperCollins. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-06-07837-0.
