- 552
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By Place
Europe
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Battle of Asfeld :Longobards under kingAudoin defeat theGepids .
* Cynric, king ofWessex , captures the fort atOld Sarum .
* TheRoman Catholic Diocese of Meath is established inIreland .Asia
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Prince Shotoku introducesBuddhism to Japan.
* First year of theArmenian calendar .
* Liang Yuan Di succeeds Liang Yu Zhang Wang as ruler of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.
*Göktürks establish the first known Turkic state under the leadership ofBumin Khan .By Topic
Religion
* Eutychius becomes
Patriarch of Constantinople .
*Buddhism is introduced intoJapan .Births
* Ethelbert, king of
Kent andBretwalda Deaths
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July —Totila , King of theOstrogoths
*Bumin Khan , founder of the Göktürk state
* Mennas,Patriarch of Constantinople
*St. Armel , abbot
* Wang Wei
*Xiao Dong
*Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei
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