532
Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th centuryDecades: 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s
Years: 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537
Events
- January 11 - Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral is destroyed.
- January 18 - Nika riots in Constantinople are put down by Belisarius and Mundus; maybe as many as 30 000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
- Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new cathedral - begin of the construction of the Hagia Sophia.
- Justinian I signs a peace treaty with the Sassanian shah Chosroes I.
- Franks invade the kingdom of Burgundy.
- Northern Wei Xiao Wu Di succeeds Northern Wei An Ding Wang in Northern China.
- Silla conquers Geumgwan Gaya in Korean peninsula.