538
Years:
534
535
536
537
-
538
-
539
540
541
542
Decades
:
500s
510s
520s
-
530s
-
540s
550s
560s
Centuries
:
5th century
-
6th century
-
7th century
Events
End of the
Kofun
and beginning of the
Asuka period
, the second part of the
Yamato period
in
Japan
.
Buddhism
introduced formally into
Japan
(by some accounts; see also 552).
End of the
Ostrogothic
siege of
Rome
.
Gabhran
becomes king of
Dalriada
.
Births
Emperor Bidatsu of Japan
Gregory of Tours
, bishop and historian
Zhiyi
, de facto founder of
Tiantai
Buddhism
Deaths
February 8
-
Saint Severinus of Antioch
,
patriarch of Antioch
Comgall
,
King of Dalriada