533

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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

*June 21 - Belisarius sails from Constantinople.
*Belisarius lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals.
*September 13 — Battle of Ad Decimum: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected.
*December 15 — The Battle of Tricamarum begins, and Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia.
*December 16 — The "Digesta" or "Pandectae", a collection of jurist writings and other sources, is completed (see Corpus Juris Civilis).

Europe

*Theodebert I becomes king of Austrasia.

By Topic

Religion

*January 2 — Pope John II succeeds Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532, as the 56th pope.

Births

Deaths

*January 13 — Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims, baptiser of Clovis I
*Erzhu Zhao
*Theuderic I of Austrasia (or 534)