- 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s
Years: 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550
- The Eastern Roman Empire conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital of Ravenna in 540 . 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 . In 540 , the Pope of Rome writes a critique of Monophystism. In 544 , 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 .
- 540 - Death of King Arthur and his son Mordred according to the Annales Cambriae .
- 541 - The Uyghur s come under the rule of the Hephthalites .
- 548 - Goguryeo invades Baekje , at the request of Ara Gaya .
- 549 - Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China .
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