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By Place
Byzantine Empire
* General
Narses reconquers all of Italy.
* Byzantine forces seizeGranada andAndalusia from theVisigoths .Europe
*
Athanagild succeedsAgila as king of theVisigoths .
* TheOstrogoths are evicted from Rome, and Italy is reunified under Byzantine Imperial rule. [Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.]Asia
* Gong Di succeeds Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese
Western Wei Dynasty .
*Jiangling is captured; 100,000 inhabitants are enslaved and distributed to generals and officials.
*Baekje and Gaya ally and wage war uponSilla in theKorean peninsula , but are defeated.
* The second and larger of the twoBuddhas of Bamyan is erected in centralAfghanistan . [Cohen, Roger. "Return to Bamiyan", "The New York Times",October 29 2007 . AccessedOctober 29 2007 .]Births
*
Empress Suiko ofJapan
*Emperor Fei of Chen Deaths
*
Agila , king of theVisigoths
*Emperor Fei of Western Wei
*King Seong of Baekje
*Empress Yuwen References
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