525

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Events

• Dionysius Exiguus
  Dionysius Exiguus
  
  Dionysius Exiguus was a sixth century monk born in Scythia Minor, in what is now the territory of Dobruja, Romania, and a member of the so called "Scythian monks" community....
   proposes a calendar based on the birth of Jesus
  Jesus
  
  Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
   Christ.

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• Byzantine emperor Justin I
  Justin I
  
  Flavius Iustinus , known in English as Justin I, was a List of Byzantine Emperors , who rose through the ranks of the army of the Byzantine Empire and ultimately became its emperor, in spite of the fact he was illiterate and almost seventy years old at the time of accession....
   rebuilds Anazarbus
  Anazarbus
  
  Anazarbus in Ancient Clicia was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the Aleian plain about 10 miles west of the main stream of the Pyramus river and near its tributary the Sempas Su....
   and renames it Justinopolis.
• Justinian I
  Justinian I
  
  Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus , AD 482 or 483 ? 13 or 14 November 565, was the second member of the Justinian Dynasty and List of Roman Emperors from 527 until his death....
   marries Theodora (6th century)
  Theodora (6th century)
  
  Theodora , was empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Like her husband, she is a saint in the Eastern Orthodoxy, commemorated on November 14....
  .

Europe

• Bernicia
  Bernicia
  
  Bernicia was an Anglo-Saxons kingdom established by Angles settlers of the 6th century in what is now the South-East of Scotland, and the North East England of England....
   is settled by the Angles
  Angles
  
  The Angles is a modern English language word for a Germanic languages people who took their name from the cultural ancestral region of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
  .

Africa

• Caleb
  Caleb
  
  Caleb is a male given name....
   of Abyssinia
  Abyssinia
  
  Abyssinia may refer to the nation of Ethiopia, also formerly known as Abyssinia.Abyssinia may also refer to:* SS Abyssinia, 1870 Canadian Pacific steamship...
   conquers Yemen
  Yemen
  
  Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
  .

Asia

• The Daisan river, a tributary of the Euphrates
  Euphrates
  
  The Euphrates is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia which flows from Anatolia....
  , floods Edessa
  Edessa, Mesopotamia
  
  Edessa is the historical name of a Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people town in northern Mesopotamia, refounded on an ancient site by Seleucus I Nicator....
  , 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
  Shroud of Turin
  
  The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have been physically traumatized in a manner consistent with crucifixion....
   is allegedly discovered during the rebuilding of the city (see Image of Edessa
  Image of Edessa
  
  According to Christian legend, the Image of Edessa, , was a holy relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of Jesus was imprinted — the first icon ....
  ).

By Topic

Religion

• Dionysius Exiguus
  Dionysius Exiguus
  
  Dionysius Exiguus was a sixth century monk born in Scythia Minor, in what is now the territory of Dobruja, Romania, and a member of the so called "Scythian monks" community....
   produces his tables for computing the date of Easter
  Easter
  
  Easter is the most important religious feast in the Christianity liturgical year.Christians believe that Jesus was Resurrection of Jesus from the dead three days after his Crucifixion of Jesus, and celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday , two days after Good Friday....
  .
• Constance becomes a bishop's see.
• The Arian
  Arian
  
  Arian may refer to:* Arianism, the doctrine propounded by Arius* Arian controversy, several controversies which divided the early Christian church...
   Baptistery of S. Maria
  Maria
  
  Maria is a female given name in many diverse cultures, including African, Armenian language, Bulgarian language, Catalan language, Croatian language, English language, German language, Greek language, Italian language, Maltese language, Norwegian language, Polish language, Portuguese language, Russian language, Romanian language, Serbian lang...
   is built in Cosmedin, Ravenna
  Ravenna
  
  Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna once served as the seat of the Western Roman Empire and later the Ostrogoths and the Exarchate of Ravenna....
  .
• Buddhist caves are found at Ajanta
  Ajanta
  
  Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India are Rock cut architecture cave monuments dating from the second century BCE, containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both "Buddhist religious art" and "universal pictorial art"....
   with stone carvings.

Births

• John Climax (probable date)
• King Wideok of Baekje
• Alexander of Tralles
  Alexander of Tralles
  
  Alexander of Tralles in Lydia was one of the most eminent of the ancient physicians. His date may safely be put in the 6th century, for he mentions A?tius Amidenus, who probably did not write until the end of the 5th or the beginning of the 6th century, and he is himself quoted by Paul of Aegina, who is supposed to have lived in the 7th ce...
  
• Empress Yujiulü
  Empress Yujiulü
  
  Empress Yujiul? , formally Empress Dao , was an empress of the History of China/Xianbei state Western Wei -- a branch successor state of Northern Wei....
  

Deaths

• Boëthius
  Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
  
  Anicius Manlius Severinus Bo?thius was a Christian or pagan philosopher of the 6th century. He was born in Rome to an ancient and important family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many Roman consul....
   (probable date)
• Yuan Cha
  Yuan Cha
  
  Yuan Cha , courtesy name Bojun , nickname Yecha , was an official of the History of China/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei, who initially came to power as the brother-in-law of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei's mother and regent Empress Dowager Hu ....