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Year 532 (DXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Second year after the Consulship of Lampadius and Probus (or, less frequently, year 1285 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 532 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Mundus
  ; 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
• February 23 – Emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. He chooses Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles as architects. The material for the construction is brought from all over the empire, such as large stones from quarries in Porphyry, Egypt. More than 10,000 people are employed.
• September – Justinian I signs a peace treaty, the
  Khosrau I, ending the Iberian War (527-531). Both sides agree to return all occupied territories, and Justinian makes a one-off payment of 110 centenaria (11,000 pounds of gold), as a contribution to the defense of the Caucasus
  passes.

• Godomar near Autun (modern France
  ).

• An Ding Wang commits suicide, and is succeeded by Xiao Wu Di as Chinese emperor of Northern Wei.
• Korea) during the Three Kingdoms period
  .

• First year in which the Anno Domini calendar is used for numbering the years.

Religion

• October 17 – Pope Boniface II dies in Rome after a 2-year reign.^[2]

Births

• Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riata (Scotland) (approximate date)
• Guntram, king of Burgundy (approximate date)
• Marius Aventicensis, bishop of Aventicum (d. 596)
• Xiao Mohe, general of the Chen dynasty and Sui dynasty (d. 604)

Deaths

• March 3 – Winwaloe, saint and founder of Landévennec Abbey (b.c. 460)
• October 17 – Pope Boniface II
• An Ding Wang, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 513)
• Chang Guang Wang, emperor of Northern Wei
• Ecclesius, bishop of Ravenna (approximate date)
• Erzhu Shilong, official of Northern Wei (b. 500)
• Erzhu Tianguang, general of Northern Wei (b. 496)
• Guntheuc, princess of Burgundy (approximate date)
• Hypatius, Byzantine nobleman (executed)
• Jie Min Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 498)
• Pompeius, Byzantine politician (executed)
• Sabbas the Sanctified, monk and saint (b. 439)

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