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| Thai solar calendar | 1069–1070 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 653 or 272 or −500 — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 654 or 273 or −499 |
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Year 527 (early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- April 1 – Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler, as an incurable wound saps his strength.
- August 1 – Justin I, age 77, dies at Constantinople and is succeeded by Justinian I, who becomes sole emperor.
- Justinian I reorganises the command structure of the Byzantine army, and fields a small but highly trained army.
- Justinian I appoints Belisarius to command the Eastern army in Armenia and on the Byzantine-Persian frontier.
Britannia
- King ).
- The Thames. They take control of the land between what is now London and St Albans, ceding from the Kingdom of Kent
- Æscwine becomes the first king of Essex (approximate date), defeating Octa in battle at Hackney, west of the River Lea.
Japan
- Iwai Rebellion: A revolt against the Yamato court breaks out in Tsukushi Province (according to Nihon Shoki).
By topic
Religion
- Justinian I outlaws pagan religious practices in Egypt, and dispatches Byzantine missionaries to southern territories (approximate date).
- The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is rebuilt until 565, restoring the architectural tone of the basilica.
- Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, formally adopts Buddhism as a state religion (approximate date).
Births
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Deaths
- August 1 – Justin I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 450)
- Illan mac Dúnlainge, king of Leinster (Ireland)[1]
References
- ISBN 9781351589161.