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Years: 548 549 550 551 - 552 - 553 554 555 556
Decades: 520s 530s 540s - 550s - 560s 570s 580s
Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

July - Battle of Taginae: The Byzantine general Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. Teia succeeds the deceased Monarch but Narses manages to recapture Rome by the end of the year.
Silkworms are smuggled into the Byzantine Empire from China.
Eutychius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
Buddhism is introduced into Japan.
Battle of Asfeld: Longobards under king Audoin defeat the Gepids.
Liang Yuan Di succeeds Liang Yu Zhang Wang as ruler of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.
Cynric, king of Wessex, captures the fort at Old Sarum.
The Buddhist goddess Benzaiten is said to have descended onto the island of Enoshima in Japan.
Gokturks establish first known Turkic state under the leadership of Bumin Khan.