547
year
547 (DXLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 547th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 547th year of the 1st millennium, the 47th year of the 6th century, and the 8th year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 547, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
Decades: | 510s 520s 530s – 540s – 550s 560s 570s |
Years: | 544 545 546 – 547 – 548 549 550 |
Gregorian calendar | 547 DXLVII |
Ab urbe condita | 1300 |
Assyrian calendar | 5297 |
Balinese saka calendar | 468–469 |
Bengali calendar | −46 |
Berber calendar | 1497 |
Buddhist calendar | 1091 |
Burmese calendar | −91 |
Byzantine calendar | 6055–6056 |
Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3243 or 3183 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3244 or 3184 |
Coptic calendar | 263–264 |
Discordian calendar | 1713 |
Ethiopian calendar | 539–540 |
Hebrew calendar | 4307–4308 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 603–604 |
- Shaka Samvat | 468–469 |
- Kali Yuga | 3647–3648 |
Holocene calendar | 10547 |
Iranian calendar | 75 BP – 74 BP |
Islamic calendar | 77 BH – 76 BH |
Javanese calendar | 435–436 |
Julian calendar | 547 DXLVII |
Korean calendar | 2880 |
Minguo calendar | 1365 before ROC 民前1365年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −921 |
Seleucid era | 858/859 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1089–1090 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 673 or 292 or −480 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 674 or 293 or −479 |
Events
changeBy place
changeAfrica
change- Battle of Marta - Tripolitanian Moors under Carcasan defeat Byzantines under John Troglita
Europe
change- Ida founds the kingdom of Bernicia at Bamburgh (traditional date).
- Theodebald becomes king of Austrasia (or 548).
- Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, mosaic on north wall of the apse, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, is made (approximate date).
- Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, mosaic on south wall of the apse, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, is made (approximate date).
- The Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna is dedicated by Archbishop of Ravenna Maximianus of Ravenna.
Births
changeDeaths
change- Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (or 548)
- Tribonian, Byzantine lawyer and writer of the Codex Justinianus.
- Maelgwn Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd (approximate date)
- Gao Huan