What happened in 547?
4 recorded events in 547, including 3 in people and 1 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of Marta
547 battle in Tunisia
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People 3
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Benedict of Nursia died
Founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)
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Gao Huan died
Chinese regent (496–547)
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Phocas born
Born in Thrace. Emperor of Byzantine Empire (547-610).
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 547.
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Dionysius Exiguus died
Byzantine saint
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Siege of Edessa
544 siege of Byzantine Edessa by the Sasanian Empire
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Imru' al-Qais died
Arab king and poet (501–544)
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Battle of Thacia
Battle in 545
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Sack of Rome
Siege of Rome during the Gothic War
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Areobindus died
Roman general
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Siege of Petra
548–549 siege during the Lazic War
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Battle of the Fields of Cato
548 battle
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Siege of Rossano
548 siege
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Siege of Rome
549–550 siege of Rome during the Gothic War
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Wu died
Founding Liang emperor from 502 to 549
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Gao Cheng died
Chinese emperor
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