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Events

By Place

Europe

* Athalaric succeeds Theodoric as king of the Ostrogoths, and Amalaric becomes king of the Visigoths in his own name.
* Amalaswintha, the daughter of Theoderic, becomes regent of Italy.
* The Tomb of Theodoric is built in Ravenna.

Asia

* May 19 — An earthquake kills approximately 300,000 in Syria and Antioch.

By Topic

Religion

* July 12 — Pope Felix IV succeeds Pope John I as the 54th pope.

Births

* Wang Lin
* Yuan Zhao

Deaths

* 18 May — Pope John I
* 20 May — Euphrosius, patriarch of Antioch (in earthquake)
* 30 August — Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths