541

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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

* January 1 — Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius is appointed as consul in Constantinople, the last person to hold this office.
* The plague appears suddenly in the Egyptian port of Pelusium, spreading the following year to Constantinople as the "Justinianic plague." This was the beginning of a 200-year long pandemic that would castigate Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa.
* John the Cappadocian is dismissed by Theodora for treason.

Europe

* Totila becomes king of the Ostrogoths.

Asia

* The Uyghurs come under the rule of the Hephthalites.

By Topic

Religion

* Jacob Baradaeus becomes bishop of Edessa.

Births

* Emperor Wen of Sui

Deaths

* Ildibad, king of the Ostrogoths