525

Decades: 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s

Years: 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530

• Bernicia settled by the Angles
• Ethiopia conquers Yemen
• The Daisan river, a tributary of the Euphrates, floods Edessa and within a couple of hours fills the entire city except for the highest parts. Eventually the pent-up waters break through the city walls. The Shroud of Turin was discovered during the rebuilding of the city.
• Byzantine emperor Justin I rebuilds Anazarbus and renames it Justinopolis.
• Dionysius Exiguus produces his tables for computing the date of Easter.

Deaths

• Boëthius (probable date)