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531

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Decades: 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s

Years: 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536

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Events

• End of the reign of Northern Wei Chang Guang Wang, ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty.
• Khosrau I succeeds Kavadh I as king of Persia.
• Theudis succeeds Amalaric as king of the Visigoths.
• April 19 - Belisarius is defeated at the Battle of Callinicum; Mundus briefly takes command of the Byzantine army.
• Some members of the Blue and Green chariot racing factions in Constantinople are imprisoned for murder, precipitating the Nika riots the next year.
• The Franks and Saxons defeat the Kingdom of Thuringia.

Births

Deaths

• Amalaric, king of the Visigoths (killed in battle)

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