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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ March 12 — Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.

★ Gabrán mac Domangairt becomes king of Dál Riata.

Asia

★ End of the Kofun era and beginning of the Asuka period, the second part of the Yamato period in Japan.

By Topic

Religion

★ Buddhism introduced formally into Japan (by some accounts; see also 552).

Births

★ Emperor Bidatsu, emperor of Japan

★ Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian

★ Zhiyi, de facto founder of Tiantai Buddhism

Deaths

★ February 8 — Saint Severinus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch

★ Comgall mac Domangairt, King of Dál Riata