- 531
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By Place
Byzantine Empire
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April 19 —Belisarius is defeated at theBattle of Callinicum ;Mundus briefly takes command of the army.
* Some members of the Blue and Greenchariot racing factions inConstantinople are imprisoned for murder, precipitating theNika riots the next year.
* The building of St. Sophia Basilica, Constantinople, is begun, and is completed in537 .Europe
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Theudis succeedsAmalaric as king of theVisigoths .
* TheFranks andSaxons defeat the Kingdom ofThuringia .Asia
* The reign of Chang Guang Wang, ruler of the Chinese
Northern Wei Dynasty , ends.
* Khosrau I succeeds Kavadh I as king of Persia.Births
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Yan Zhitui , Chinese scholar, official, calligrapher, painter, musician, writer, antiquarian, and Buddhist (d.591 )Deaths
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Amalaric , king of theVisigoths (assassinated)
*Xiao Tong
*Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei
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