Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s Years: 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 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. Births Deaths\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.