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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Belisarius is sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths who have been making reconquests in the area.

★ Pope Vigilius is ordered to Constantinople.

★ Khosrau I of Persia unsuccessfully attacks the Byzantine fortress of Daraa.

By Topic

Religion

★ Jacob Baradaeus consecrates Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of Antioch. By this act, he creates a permanent schism between the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Births

★ Empress Dugu Qieluo

★ Emperor Jing of Liang

★ Yuwen Xian

Deaths

★ King Wihtgar of the Isle of Wight

★ October 18 — Saint Wenna

★ Dionysius Exiguus, the creator of the ''Anno Domini'' system of date measurement