541
| Years: 537 538 539 540 - 541 - 542 543 544 545 | |
| Decades: 510s 520s 530s - 540s - 550s 560s 570s | |
| Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century | |
Events
- January 1 - Flavius Basilius Junior appointed as consul in Constantinople, the last person to hold this office
- January 2 - Earthquake strikes Laodicea.
- Plague appears in Egypt, spreading the following year to Constantinople.
- Totila becomes king of the Ostrogoths.
- Jacob Baradaeus becomes bishop of Edessa.
- John the Cappadocian is dismissed by Theodora for treason.
- The Uighurs come under the rule of the Hephthalites.
Births
Deaths
- Ildibad, king of the Ostrogoths