527

• 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
  Cynric defeat the Britons at Cerdicesleah (modern Chearsley
  ).
• 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]

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