555

Decades: 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s - 550s - 560s 570s 580s 590s 600s

Years: 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Beginning of the Nan Liang Dynasty. First ruler is Nan Liang Xuan Di.
• Chinese Liang Dynasty: Liang Yuan Di succeeded by Liang Zheng Yang Hou, then Liang Jing Di.

Deaths

• Pope Vigilius
• Theodebald, king of Austrasia

See North American Numbering Plan for the use of the area code 555 in movies.

The 555 is a classic integrated circuit (chip) implementing a variety of timer and multivibrator applications, and historically has been widely used in electronics.\n