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| Years: 536 537 538 539 - 540 - 541 542 543 544 | |
| Decades: 510s 520s 530s - 540s - 550s 560s 570s | |
| Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century | |
Events
- Byzantine general Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna.
- Ostrogoth king Witiges is succeeded by Ildibad.
- Pope Vigilius in letters to Emperor Justinian and Patriarch Mennas of Constantinople rejects Monophysitism.
- The Sassanids attack Dara and capture Antioch.
- High King Custennin ap Cado of Britain is deposed and returns to Dumnonia.
- Several cultures worldwide chronicle tales of fire in the sky, unexplained ground shakings, a temporary nightfall that lasted days, and colder than normal temperatutes in what is now believed to be a small comet striking the Earth during the northern summer of this year.
Births
- Pope Gregory I (approximate date)
- Galswintha, wife of Chilperic I of Neustria
- Myrddin Wyllt, later wild man of the woods and possible source for Merlin (approximate date).
Deaths
- Dionysius Exiguus (approximate date)
- Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths
- According to the Annales Cambriae, the year of the battle at Camlann, where King Arthur and his son Mordred killed each other.af:540
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