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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century
Decades: 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s
Years: 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549
Events
- Belisarius sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths who had been making reconquests in the area.
- Pope Vigilius 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.
Deaths
- King Wihtgar of the Isle of Wight\n
