Years: 540 541 542 543 - 544 - 545 546 547 548

Decades: 510s 520s 530s - 540s - 550s 560s 570s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• Belisarius is sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths who have been making reconquests in the area.
• Pope Vigilius is ordered to Constantinople.
• Jacob Baradaeus consecrates Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of Antioch. By this act, he creates a permanent schism between the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• Khosrau I of Persia unsuccessfully attacks the Byzantine fortress of Dara.

Births

Deaths

• King Wihtgar of the Isle of Wight
• October 18 - Saint Wenna