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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Asia

China

Java

By Topic

Religion

Earth Sciences

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Justinian I orders Belisarius to start the reconquest of Italy; Mundus simultaneously invades Dalmatia.

★ 31 December — Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.

Asia

China

★ Beginning of the Western Wei Dynasty in China. First ruler is Wen Di.

★ Significant to the history of agriculture, the Chinese author Jia Sixia wrote the treatise ''Chi Min Yao Shu'' in this year, and although it quotes 160 previous Chinese agronomy books, it is the oldest existent Chinese agriculture treatise. In over one hundred thousand written Chinese characters, the book covered land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.

Java

★ Reports of the eruption of Krakatoa in the Javanese ''Book of Kings'', possibly leading to several years of climate change (see Climate changes of 535–536).

By Topic

Religion

★ May 13 — Pope Agapetus I succeeds Pope John II as the 57th pope.

★ Anthimus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.

★ Christian basilica at Leptis Magna (N. Africa) built

Earth Sciences

★ Weather is reported to be unusually cold and dark; see climate changes of 535–536.

Births

★ Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi

Deaths

★ May 8 — Pope John II

★ June 5 — Epiphanius, Patriarch of Constantinople

★ Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths (killed in exile)

★ Timothy, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria

★ Shengyi

★ Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei

★ Xu Mian