Years: 553 554 555 556 - 557 - 558 559 560 561

Decades: 520s 530s 540s - 550s - 560s 570s 580s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• Beginning of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in northern China. First ruler is Northern Zhou Xiao Min Di .
• End of the Liang Dynasty and beginning of the Chen Dynasty in southern China. First ruler is Chen Wu Di .

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