User:DerekSquared/Drafts/540

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	510s  520s  530s  – 540s –  550s  560s  570s
Years:	537 538 539 – 540 – 541 542 543

2024 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2024 MMXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2777
Armenian calendar	1473 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	6774
Bahá'í calendar	180–181
Balinese saka calendar	1945–1946
Bengali calendar	1431
Berber calendar	2974
British Regnal year	2 Cha. 3 – 3 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar	2568
Burmese calendar	1386
Byzantine calendar	7532–7533
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4720 or 4660     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4721 or 4661
Coptic calendar	1740–1741
Discordian calendar	3190
Ethiopian calendar	2016–2017
Hebrew calendar	5784–5785
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2080–2081
- Shaka Samvat	1945–1946
- Kali Yuga	5124–5125
Holocene calendar	12024
Igbo calendar	1024–1025
Iranian calendar	1402–1403
Islamic calendar	1445–1446
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 6 (令和６年)
Javanese calendar	1957–1958
Juche calendar	113
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4357
Minguo calendar	ROC 113 民國113年
Nanakshahi calendar	556
Thai solar calendar	2567
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 2150 or 1769 or 997     — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 2151 or 1770 or 998
Unix time	1704067200 – 1735689599

540 was a leap year.

Events

• Emperor Kimmei, reign of 29th emperor of Japan starts (540-571)
• Vitiges of the Ostrogoths surrendered to the Byzantine army.
• Ildibad succeeds Vitiges as king of the Ostrogoths.

Births

• Authari, king of the Lombards
• Pope Gregory I (approximate date)
• Myrddin Wyllt, Welsh legend (approximate date)

Deaths

• Dignāga, Buddhist founder of Indian logic
• Dionysius Exiguus (approximate date)
• Fridolin of Säckingen Irish missionary
• Vedast, Frankish bishop
• Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths
• Yifu, empress of Western Wei
• Yujiulü, empress of Western Wei