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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Ravenna becomes an exarchate of the Byzantine Empire.

★ November 29 — Antioch struck by an earthquake.

Europe

★ Waltari kills his uncle Wacho and becomes king of the Lombards.

Asia

★ Emperor Kimmei ascends the throne of Japan.

Births

★ Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian (approximate date)

★ Chilperic I, king of Neustria (approximate date)

★ Berthe, wife of Ethelbert of Kent

Deaths

★ Wacho, king of the Lombards