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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ July — Battle of Taginae: General Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. Teia succeeds the deceased monarch but Narses manages to recapture Rome by the end of the year.

Europe

★ Battle of Asfeld: Longobards under king Audoin defeat the Gepids.

★ Cynric, king of Wessex, captures the fort at Old Sarum.

Asia

★ Prince Shotoku introcuced Buddhism to Japan

★ year 1 in the Armenian calendar.

★ Liang Yuan Di succeeds Liang Yu Zhang Wang as ruler of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.

★ Göktürks establish first known Turkic state under the leadership of Bumin Khan.

By Topic

Religion

★ Eutychius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.

★ Buddhism is introduced into Japan.

Births

★ Ethelbert, king of Kent and Bretwalda

Deaths

★ July — Totila, King of the Ostrogoths

★ Bumin Khan, founder of the Göktürk state

★ Mennas, Patriarch of Constantinople

★ St. Armel, abbot

★ Wang Wei

★ Xiao Dong

★ Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei