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Events
By Place
Byzantine Empire
★ The
Bulgars and
Huns invade and raid
Byzantine territory, but are driven back near
Constantinople by
Belisarius.
Europe
★
Glappa succeeds his father
Ida as king of
Bernicia (traditional date).
Asia
★ First successful human flight: a manned
kite lands in the proximity of
Ye, China.
[1]
★
Ara Gaya, a member of the
Gaya confederacy, surrenders to
Silla in the
Korean peninsula.
Births
★
Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou
Deaths
★
Northern Qi Wen Xuan Di, Chinese ruler
★
Chen Wu Di, Chinese ruler
★
Ida, king of
Bernicia (traditional date)
Notes
1. (永定三年)使元黄头与诸囚自金凤台各乘纸鸱以飞,黄头独能至紫陌乃堕,仍付御史中丞毕义云饿杀之。 (Rendering: [In the 3rd year of Yongding, 559], Gao Yang conducted an experiment by having Yuan Huangtou and a few prisoners launch themselves from a tower in Ye, capital of the Northern Qi. Yuan Huangtou was the only one who survived from this flight, as he glided over the city-wall and fell at Zimo [western segment of Ye] safely, but he was later executed.) Zizhi Tongjian 167.