549
year
549 (DXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 549th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 549th year of the 1st millennium, the 49th year of the 6th century, and the 10th and last year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 549, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 510s 520s 530s – 540s – 550s 560s 570s |
| Years: | 546 547 548 – 549 – 550 551 552 |
| Gregorian calendar | 549 DXLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1302 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5299 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 470–471 |
| Bengali calendar | −44 |
| Berber calendar | 1499 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1093 |
| Burmese calendar | −89 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6057–6058 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3245 or 3185 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3246 or 3186 |
| Coptic calendar | 265–266 |
| Discordian calendar | 1715 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 541–542 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4309–4310 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 605–606 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 470–471 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3649–3650 |
| Holocene calendar | 10549 |
| Iranian calendar | 73 BP – 72 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 75 BH – 74 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 437–438 |
| Julian calendar | 549 DXLIX |
| Korean calendar | 2882 |
| Minguo calendar | 1363 before ROC 民前1363年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −919 |
| Seleucid era | 860/861 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1091–1092 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 675 or 294 or −478 — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 676 or 295 or −477 |
Events
changeBy place
changeByzantine Empire
change- The Ostrogoths under Totila recapture Rome.
- Last Circus Maximus chariot 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.
Europe
change- 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.
Asia
change- Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.
Births
changeDeaths
change- 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)
References
change- ↑ O'Donnell, James (2008). The Ruin of the Roman Empire. New York: HarperCollins. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-06-078737-0.