549

Events 
 By place 
 Byzantine Empire 
 The Ostrogoths under Totila recapture Rome.
 Last Circus Maximus chariot races in Rome.
 c. 549–564 – Transfiguration of Christ, mosaic in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt, is made.

 Europe 
 Agila succeeds Theudigisel as king of the Visigoths.
 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory (which still exists) is founded in Ireland.
 Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna consecrates the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

 Asia 
 Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.

 Births 
 Jizang, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 623)

 Deaths 
 Theudigisel, king of the Visigoths
 Tuathal Maelgarb, King of Tara
 Gao Cheng
 Emperor Wu of Liang
 Xiao Zhengde
 Princess Xu Zhaopei
 Zhu Yi
 Chen Daoten father of Emperor Xuan of Chen (in either 548 or 549)

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