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.

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

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