547

Year 547 (DXLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 547 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	520s 530s 540s 550s 560s
Years:	544 545 546 547 548 549 550

547 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	547 DXLVII
Ab urbe condita	1300
Assyrian calendar	5297
Balinese saka calendar	468–469
Bengali calendar	−46
Berber calendar	1497
Buddhist calendar	1091
Burmese calendar	−91
Byzantine calendar	6055–6056
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3244 or 3037     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3245 or 3038
Coptic calendar	263–264
Discordian calendar	1713
Ethiopian calendar	539–540
Hebrew calendar	4307–4308
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	603–604
- Shaka Samvat	468–469
- Kali Yuga	3647–3648
Holocene calendar	10547
Iranian calendar	75 BP – 74 BP
Islamic calendar	77 BH – 76 BH
Javanese calendar	435–436
Julian calendar	547 DXLVII
Korean calendar	2880
Minguo calendar	1365 before ROC 民前1365年
Nanakshahi calendar	−921
Seleucid era	858/859 AG
Thai solar calendar	1089–1090
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 673 or 292 or −480     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 674 or 293 or −479

Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland (England)

Events

By place

Europe

• Gothic War: Belisarius recaptures Rome from the Ostrogoths, but his Italian campaign is unsuccessful (he is starved of supplies and reinforcements from Constantinople).
• The mosaic panels of Justinian I and Theodora I with attendants, in the Basilica of San Vitale (Ravenna), are made (approximate date).
• Theudebald, age 13, succeeds his father Theudebert I after a reign of 14 years, and becomes king of Austrasia (or 548).

Britain

• King Ida establishes the kingdom of Bernicia. He builds Bamburgh Castle (northeast England) as a fortress that will become the seat of Anglo-Saxon kings (according to the Historia Brittonum).

Africa

• Battle of Marta: The Byzantine army under John Troglita is defeated by Moorish tribes in Tripolitania. He flees to Lunci (9 km south of Mahares^[1]), and is forced to withdraw north to the fortress of Laribus (near modern El Kef^[2]).

Asia

• The Tonkin revolt (Vietnam), led by Lý Nam Đế, is suppressed by the Chinese Liang dynasty.

By topic

Religion

• The Basilica of San Vitale (Ravenna) is consecrated by bishop Maximianus of Ravenna.

Births

• Pei Ju, official of the Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty (d. 627)
• Zhu Manyue, empress of Northern Zhou (d. 586)

Deaths

• February 10 – Scholastica, Christian nun
• March 21, death of twin brother of St Scholastica, Saint Benedict, famous for building the Monastery of Mt Cassino and for his Benedictine Monastic Rule, Patron Saint of Europe, dies
• Gao Huan, general of Northern Wei (b. 496)
• Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd (approximate date)
• Theudebert I, king of Austrasia (or 548)
• Tribonian, Byzantine jurist and author of the Codex Justinianus

References

1. Pringle 1981, p. 202
2. Pringle 1981, pp. 205–206

Bibliography

• Pringle, Denys (1981). The Defence of Byzantine Africa from Justinian to the Arab Conquest: An Account of the Military History and Archaeology of the African Provinces in the Sixth and Seventh Century. Oxford, United Kingdom: British Archaeological Reports. ISBN 0-86054-119-3.