| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 510s 520s 530s – 540s – 550s 560s 570s |
| Years: | 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 540s decade ran from January 1, 540, to December 31, 549.
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Events and trends
540
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- —The Eastern Roman Empire conquers Milan and the Ostrogothic capital of Ravenna. Over the course of the decade, the Ostrogoth king, Totila, responds by conquering Naples, Benevento, Rome, and other parts of Italy.
- —Schism between the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church over the doctrine of Monophysitism. The Pope of Rome writes a critique of Monophystism.
541
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- —The Uyghurs come under the rule of the Hephthalites.
542
543
544
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- —Jacob Baradaeus, the Bishop of Edessa, consecrates Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of Antioch, effecting a permanent schism.
- —Ara Gaya gained the leadership of Gaya Confederacy in Korean peninsula.
- —Death of King Arthur and his son Mordred according to the Annales Cambriae.
545
546
547
548
549
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- —Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.
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