557
557 — China: February — The Western Wei general Yuwen Hu deposed the emperor Emperor Gong of Western Wei in favor of his own cousin Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou, establishing the successor state of Northern Zhou
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| KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660 | ChinaNorthern and Southern dynasties 420–581 | JapanAsuka period 538–710 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - February — The Western Wei general Yuwen Hu deposed the emperor Emperor Gong of Western Wei in favor of his own cousin Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou, establishing the successor state of Northern Zhou.
- Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou, accession
- Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou, accession
- Emperor Wu of Chen, accession
- Xiao Zhuang, accession
- 梁權臣陳霸先篡位，建國「陳」，史稱•陳武帝，南梁亡。同年宇文泰的兒子宇文覺建立北周，西魏亡。ZH
- 555Emperor Jing of Liang, accession
- 555Xiao Yuanming, accession
- 555蕭詧稱帝，並對西魏稱臣，史稱「後梁」。
- 559Emperor Wen of Chen, accession
- 559Emperor Fei of Northern Qi, accession
| - No events recorded for this year
| covered from 1607 |