550
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| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 |
| 550 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 550 DL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1303 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1294 – -1293 |
| Bengali calendar | -43 |
| 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 |
[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
[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
