532

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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

* January 11 — Nika riots in Constantinople: The cathedral is destroyed. They are put down a sennight later by Belisarius and Mundus; up to 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
* Justinian I orders the building of a new cathedral — the Hagia Sophia.
* Justinian signs a peace treaty, the 'Eternal Peace', with the Sassanian shah Chosroes I.

Europe

* The Franks invade the kingdom of Burgundy.

Asia

* Xiao Wu Di succeeds An Ding Wang in Northern China.
* Silla conquers Geumgwan Gaya on the Korean peninsula.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

* First year in which the Anno Domini calendar is used for numbering the years.

Births

* Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riata (approximate date)
* Xiao Mohe

Deaths

* October 17 — Pope Boniface II
* Erzhu Shilong
* Erzhu Tianguang
* Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei
* Yuan Lang
* Yuan Ye