549

549 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar549
DXLIX
Ab urbe condita1302
Assyrian calendar5299
Balinese saka calendar470–471
Bengali calendar−44
Berber calendar1499
Buddhist calendar1093
Burmese calendar−89
Byzantine calendar6057–6058
Chinese calendar戊辰(Earth Dragon)
3245 or 3185
    — to —
己巳年 (Earth Snake)
3246 or 3186
Coptic calendar265–266
Discordian calendar1715
Ethiopian calendar541–542
Hebrew calendar4309–4310
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat605–606
 - Shaka Samvat470–471
 - Kali Yuga3649–3650
Holocene calendar10549
Iranian calendar73 BP – 72 BP
Islamic calendar75 BH – 74 BH
Javanese calendar437–438
Julian calendar549
DXLIX
Korean calendar2882
Minguo calendar1363 before ROC
民前1363年
Nanakshahi calendar−919
Seleucid era860/861 AG
Thai solar calendar1091–1092
Tibetan calendarས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་
(male Earth-Dragon)
675 or 294 or −478
    — to —
ས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་
(female Earth-Snake)
676 or 295 or −477

549 (DXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 549th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 549th year of the 1st millennium, the 49th year of the 6th century, and the 10th and last year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 549, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

  • Agila succeeds Theudigisel as king of the Visigoths.
  • The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory (which still exists) is founded in Ireland.
  • Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna consecrates the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

Asia

  • Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.

Births

  • Jizang, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 623)

Deaths

  • Theudigisel, king of the Visigoths
  • Tuathal Maelgarb, King of Tara
  • Gao Cheng
  • Emperor Wu of Liang
  • Xiao Zhengde
  • Princess Xu Zhaopei
  • Zhu Yi
  • Chen Daoten father of Emperor Xuan of Chen (in either 548 or 549)

References

  1. O'Donnell, James (2008). The Ruin of the Roman Empire. New York: HarperCollins. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-06-078737-0.