552

Year in Review 5th Century - Year in Review 6th Century - Year in Review 7th Century

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Decades: 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s

Years: 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557

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Births

Deaths

Events

• Silkworms? are smuggled into the Byzantine Empire from China
• Buddhism is introduced into Japan
• The Byzantine general Narses? defeats and kills Totila?, king of the Ostrogoths