540

540 (DXL) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 540th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 540th year of the 1st millennium, the 40th year of the 6th century, and the 1st year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 540, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

540 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	540 DXL
Ab urbe condita	1293
Assyrian calendar	5290
Balinese saka calendar	461–462
Bengali calendar	−53
Berber calendar	1490
Buddhist calendar	1084
Burmese calendar	−98
Byzantine calendar	6048–6049
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 3236 or 3176     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3237 or 3177
Coptic calendar	256–257
Discordian calendar	1706
Ethiopian calendar	532–533
Hebrew calendar	4300–4301
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	596–597
- Shaka Samvat	461–462
- Kali Yuga	3640–3641
Holocene calendar	10540
Iranian calendar	82 BP – 81 BP
Islamic calendar	85 BH – 84 BH
Javanese calendar	427–428
Julian calendar	540 DXL
Korean calendar	2873
Minguo calendar	1372 before ROC 民前1372年
Nanakshahi calendar	−928
Seleucid era	851/852 AG
Thai solar calendar	1082–1083
Tibetan calendar	ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Sheep) 666 or 285 or −487     — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 667 or 286 or −486

Events

• Emperor Kimmei, reign of 29th emperor of Japan starts (540-571)^[1]
• Vitiges of the Ostrogoths surrendered to the Byzantine army.^[2]

Births

• Pope Gregory I (approximate date)^[3]