540
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 510s 520s 530s – 540s – 550s 560s 570s |
| Years: | 537 538 539 – 540 – 541 542 543 |
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540 (DXL) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 540th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 540th year of the 1st millennium, the 40th year of the 6th century, and the 1st year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 540, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
- Emperor Kimmei, reign of 29th emperor of Japan starts (540-571)[1]
- Vitiges of the Ostrogoths surrendered to the Byzantine army.[2]
Births
- Pope Gregory I (approximate date)[3]
540 Media
References
- ↑ McCullough, Helen Craig. (1966). Yoshitsune: a fifteenth-century Japanese chronicle, p. 322.
- ↑ Wolfram, Herwig. (1990). History of the Goths, p. 349.
- ↑ "Pope St. Gregory ('the Great')," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2012-10-15.