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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

References

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ General Narses reconquers all of Italy.

★ Byzantine forces seize Granada and Andalusia from the Visigoths.

Europe

★ Athanagild succeeds Agila as king of the Visigoths.

★ Eviction of the Ostrogoths from Rome, and the re-unification of all Italy under Imperial rule. ^[1]

Asia

★ Western Wei Gong Di succeeds Western Wei Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Western Wei Dynasty.

★ Jiangling is captured. 100000 inhabitants are enslaved and distributed to generals and officials.

★ Baekje and Gaya ally and wage war upon Silla in the Korean peninsula but are defeated.

Births

★ Empress Suiko of Japan

★ Emperor Fei of Chen

Deaths

★ Agila, king of the Visigoths

★ Emperor Fei of Western Wei

★ King Seong of Baekje

★ Empress Yuwen

References

1. Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.