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In the year 550
Construction
Chryses of Alexandria builds a flood-control dam on a small river at Dara (Turkey) on the Persian border of the Eastern Roman Empire. As the dam curves upward into the current, it is the first horizontal arch dam. See also 560 bce Construction; 1300 Construction.
TransportationLiang Emperor Luan's Book of the Golden Hall Master describes a wind-driven land vehicle built in China by Kaots'ang Wu-Shu. This wind-driven carriage could, it is claimed, carry 30 people and travel hundreds of kilometers in a single day. Sails were also applied to wheelbarrows, and wheelbarrows with sails became a common symbol of Chinese culture in 18th-century Europe. See also 1 ce Transportation.
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This article is about the year 550. For the number, see 550 (number). For other uses, see 550 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s – 550s – 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 547 548 549 – 550 – 551 552 553 |
| 550 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 550 DL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1303 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5300 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1294–-1293 |
| Bengali calendar | -43 |
| Berber calendar | 1500 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1094 |
| Burmese calendar | -88 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6058–6059 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年十一月廿八日 (3186/3246-11-28) — to —
庚午年十二月初八日(3187/3247-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 266–267 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 542–543 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4310–4311 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 606–607 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 472–473 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3651–3652 |
| Holocene calendar | 10550 |
| Iranian calendar | 72 BP – 71 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 74 BH – 73 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2883 |
| Minguo calendar | 1362 before ROC 民前1362年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1093 |
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Year 550 (DL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 550 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- January 16 – Gothic War (535–552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
- Silk-producing technology reaches Constantinople (approximate date).
Asia
- The Eastern Wei Dynasty ends and the Northern Qi Dynasty begins in northern China. Wen Xuan Di is the first ruler of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
- Two Christian missionaries smuggle a few silkworm larvae to Constantinople from China (approximate date).
- Gupta Empire falls (approximate date).
America
- Construction of Quiriguá (in modern Guatemala) begins (approximate date).
- Last known eruption of Chimborazo (volcano) (in modern Ecuador)
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Hindu mathematicians give zero a numeral representation in a positional notation system.
- Procopius writes Secret History (approximate date).
Religion
- The main redaction of the Babylonian Talmud is completed under Rabbis Ravina and Ashi (approximate date).
- Carriaric, king of the Suevi, converts to Catholicism.
- In Ireland, the Diocese of Tuam is erected.
Births
Deaths
- Buddhapalita, Indian Madhyamaka Scholar
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