554

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

• 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