540
Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th centuryDecades: 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s
Years: 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545
Events
- Byzantine general Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna.
- Ostrogoth king Witiges is succeeded by Ildibad.
- Pope Vigilius in letters to emperor Justinian and patriarch Patriarch Menas of Constantinople rejects Monophysitism.
Deaths\n
