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Year of the Metal horse庚午(at the beginning of Earth Snake己巳)
Era of Diocletian: 266/267 ( year November )
Syria: 861/862 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- Before 550: Rise of the tribe of the Bavarians south-east of the Danube and the Lech, which probably partly immigrating from Bohemia; they come under the control of the Frankish Empire.
Asia
- Beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China; it replaces the Eastern Wei.
- 550: The Indochinese kingdom of Chenla achieved independence from Funan.
- 550: Start of the Indian Chalukya dynasty.
America
- 550: The Toltekenreich under a priest-king arises in Mexico.
Culture
- To 550: In Sweden, the Vendel, named after a region in the central Swedish province of Uppland begins.
Religion
- 550: The Holy Arbogast, who later became Bishop of Strasbourg, comes as a missionary of Christianity to the Alsace.
- 550: St. Martin of Dume converted the Iberian Suevi to Christianity.
- 550: The Aquitanian priests begins Goar Sankt Goar am Rhein in today 's missionary activity.
Born
- To 545/550: Brunechildis, Merovingian Franks Queen († 613)
- 550: St. Gallus, monk, founder of the city of St. Gallen ( † 640)
- 550: Fredegunde third wife of the Frankish king Chilperic I ( † 597)
- 550: Gailswintha, second wife of the Frankish king Chilperic I ( † 567 )
- 550: Abu Talib ibn ʿ Abd al - Muttalib, uncle and protector of the Prophet Mohammed († 619)
- 550: Finbarr, Bishop and patron saint of Cork ( † 623)
- 550: John the Almoner, Patriarch of Alexandria ( † 619)
Died
- Germanus, East Roman commander
- 550: Aryabhata, Indian mathematician (* 476)
- 550: John the Cappadocian, praetorian prefect under Emperor Justinian (c. 490)
- 550: Eustathius of Mtskheta, Orthodox saints