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

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

Years: 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559

Events

The Byzantine general Narses reconquers all of Italy
Byzantine forces seize Granada and Andalusia from the Visigoths.
Western Wei Gong Di[?] succeeds Western Wei Fei Di[?] as ruler of the Chinese Western Wei Dynasty[?].

Births

Empress Suiko of Japan

Deaths

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