550s

550

• June 28 : the Church of the Apostles was consecrated in Constantinople ^[2] .
• The Goths took possession of Rome and Sicily ^[3] . Under the control of Byzantium remained only Ravenna , Ancona , Croton and Otrante. Italy is terribly ravaged by wars.
• The Slavs are moving to northern Italy to help the Goths.
• Herman was placed at the head of a large army sent to Italy ^[4] . The masses of Skladen went to Thessalonica. Herman suspended the campaign. Autumn - Herman died in Serdik.
• Gao Huang's successor declared himself Emperor of Northern Qi (Bei Qi) and chopped all the members of the Toba family to pieces.
• Chiuu Viet Wong expelled the Chinese from Wansuang.

551

• Jordan 's writing of Getics (in Ravenna?).
• Narses is appointed commander in chief of Italy.
• Destructive earthquakes in Constantinople, Alexandria and other cities of the Eastern Mediterranean.
• For the first time, Bavars are mentioned ^[5] .
• Slavic detachments smash the Byzantine army, capture the banner of Constantine and first reach the vicinity of Andrianapol (5 days journey to Constantinople ).
• C.551 - The uprising of Catholics led by Atanagild against the Aryan vezegoths.
• The marriage union of Bumyn with the princess of West Wei.

552

• Justinian sent to Italy a 30-thousand army led by Narses . June - In the battle of Tagins, the army of Totila was defeated, he himself died. The remnants of the Ostrogoths , led by King Teya, moved to Vesuvius.
• 552–553 - King of the Ostrogoths of Theia .
• OK. 552 - Columbus founded the Darrow Monastery.
• The death of Hou Jing . The rebirth of Liang .
• Zhuzhany destroyed Altai Turks. Kagan Juan Juan Anahuan killed.
• The Turks, led by the Mugan Kagan , crushing the former owners of the Mongolian steppes - the Jujans, go to the Yellow Sea.
• The existence of the Turkic Kaganate ( 552 - 744 ).
• Sabirs capture Agvania ^[6] .
• The first news of the Slavs and the beginning of Russian history according to I.F. G. Evers .
• Creation of the Armenian church calendar .

553

• Battle on the Milk Mountain . The Ostrogoths are defeated by Narses and almost completely destroyed. Thei's death. The end of the Ostrogothic kingdom.
• Spring. A large army, consisting of Franks and Alemans , led by two leaders, Butylene and Lotar, invades the territory of Italy.
• The battle of Casilinum. The Franks are defeated by Nerses.
• Justinian 's Pragmatica sanctio law, published for Italy.
• The Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople (II of Constantinople), condemning the heretical views of Origen and the three theologians who did not consider Christ to be the God-man, and Mary - the Mother of God.
• Bei Qi defeated the Khitan .
• Embassy from the Ephtalites in West Wei.
• Turkic uprising against the Juan. Bumyn is dead.
• The defeat of the Juan Juan.

554

• Narses defeated the 70,000th army of Franks and Alemans.
• The Saxons rebelled against the power of the Franks.
• The internecine struggle of the Visigoths. The campaign of the fleet and the army of Byzantium (patrician Liberius ) in Southeastern Spain. Liberius defeated Aguilus and returned Byzantium to Betica . The Byzantines captured the cities of Corduba, Cartago Nova and Malaga.
• 554-567 - Atanagild King of the Visigoths.
• The Syanbi state splits into two parts - Bei Qi and Bei Zhou.
• The formation of the kingdom of Younger Liang, dependent on Western Wei.
• The invasion of West Wei troops in South China to support Younger Liang.
• Campaign of Turkuts to the west to the Aral Sea.
• Justinian issues a Pragmatic sanction , which consolidated the gains in Italy , Africa and Spain ^[7] .

555

• Accession of Italy (Apennine Peninsula) to Byzantium . The first governor becomes patrician Narses .
• 555-561 - Pope Pelagius I.
• 555–558 - King of Australia Hlothar I.
• Proto-Türks seized all the possessions of the Juan . Part of the Zhuzhany migrated west, where it became known as the Avars (obry).
• Second Dvina Cathedral.

556

• Maygun ap Cadwallon presumably takes over the throne of the Kingdom of the Picts
• On April 16, Pelagius I became Roman pope, who exiled Bishop Peacock of Fossombronsky to the monastery for calls for schism.
• Byzantine commander of Armenian descent Narses knocked out the Franks from Italy .
• The lawyer of Constantinople Julian compiled the first-ever collection of legal short stories “Juliani epitome Novellarum” .
• Emperor Justinian I allowed divorces in Byzantium and forbade reading in the Mishna synagogues .
• In Ravenna, a group of Manichaeans was executed.
• The Synod of Antioch decided on autocephaly of the Georgian Church.
• Avars appear on the middle reaches of the Danube, in the steppes of Hungary.
• The Persian-Byzantine war for Lazika ended.
• Khosrov I Anushirvan initiated the adjustment of the astronomical Shah Tables .
• In the Derbent passage, the Persians erected a fortress wall.
• In China, the Baiyangyuyu fortress was built , which later became part of the Great Wall of China fortification system, and the wall itself was extended from the Zong-chin-chuy fortress in Xihe to the seashore.
• Toba family exterminated in the South.
• Chen Ba-xian overthrew the Liang dynasty and proclaimed the Chen dynasty.
• In China , the reign of the Liang Dynasty ended.
• 557-589 - Chen Dynasty in South China.
• C 557 - Emperor Chen Chen Ba-hsien.

557

• The death of Hildebert I. All Frankish lands are in the hands of Hlotar .
• 558-561 - King of the Franks Chlothar I.
• Bulgarians and Slavs attacked Thrace, conquered it and approached Constantinople . Belisarius , who manages to defeat the barbarians, was appointed commander of the defense. Bulgarians and Slavs return beyond the Danube .
• Restoration of the Long Wall by Anastasia .
• The first mention of the Avars .
• Ambassadors of the Turkic Kaganate arrive in Byzantium .
• 558/9 - The army of the leader of the Kutrigurs Zabergan, which included the Slavs, passed near Thessaloniki.

558

• 560-616 - Ethelbert I , the Anglo-Saxon king of Kent (c. 552-616). Married to Berthe, the Frankish princess.
• OK. 560 - Synod in Brefi ( Wales ) against Pelagianism . The active role of St. David (Dafi) (c. 520 - c. 589).
• Hlotar I executes the son of Hramn and his family.
• Journey of the historian Evagrius to Syria .
• On December 23, Hildebert I king of Paris died.
• December 23 Chlothar I - King of the Franks.
• Ariamir is the king of the Suevs.

559

• The kingdom of Deira was founded ^{[8] [9] [10]} .
• Beginning of the reign of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (北周; 559 - 581 ).
• In 558 - 559, a huge horde of Bulgarians and sklavins under the command of Khan Zabergana ravaged Thrace and Macedonia, broke through the Long Walls of Constantiopolis and was cast back only by Belisarius. It is noteworthy that the Slavs then attempted to attack the capital of Byzantium from the sea on rafts. During the invasion of the Bulgarians in 559, Belisarius was again entrusted with command over the troops, and his actions were still successful.
• Huns in front of Constantinople .
• The end of U-di's reign (557–559).
• Change of ruler in the state of Jabiya : Jabala ibn Haris (549-555) → Flavius ​​Haris ibn Jabala (559-555).
• Change of ruler in the state of Goguryeo : Yangwon (545–559) → Pyeongwon (559–590).
• Change of ruler in the state of North Qi : Wen Xuan-di → Fei-di .
• Beginning of the reign of Ming-di ( Northern Zhou ).
• In 558 or 559, the change of the Suevi ruler takes place: Hararikh ( 550 - 558/559 ) → Ariamir ( 558/559 - 561/566 ).

• Ethelbert , King of Kent

• Totila is the leader of the Visigoths .