540
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This article is about the year 540. For the martial arts kick, see 540 kick.
| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s |
| Years: | 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 |
| 540 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 540 DXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1293 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1304 – -1303 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1084 |
| Chinese calendar | 3176/3236-12-7 (己未年十二月初七日) — to —
3177/3237-11-18(庚申年十一月十八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 532 – 533 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4300 – 4301 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 595 – 596 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 462 – 463 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3641 – 3642 |
| Holocene calendar | 10540 |
| Iranian calendar | 82 BP – 81 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 85 BH – 84 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1200 (皇紀1200年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10540 |
| Julian calendar | 585 |
| Korean calendar | 2873 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1083 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- General Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna.
- The Sassanids attack Daraa and capture Antioch.
[edit] Europe
- Ostrogoth king Witiges is succeeded by Ildibad.
- High King Custennin ap Cado of Britain is deposed and returns to Dumnonia.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- Pope Vigilius rejects Monophysitism in letters to Emperor Justinian I and Patriarch Mennas of Constantinople.
[edit] Births
- Pope Gregory I (approximate date)
- Galswintha, wife of Chilperic I
- Myrddin Wyllt, later wild man of the woods and possible source for Merlin (approximate date).
[edit] Deaths
- Dionysius Exiguus (approximate date)
- Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths
