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Events

By Place

Europe

• March 12 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. The Pope now emerges as the leading ruler in the West for 1260 years.
• Gabrán mac Domangairt becomes king of Dál Riata.

Asia

• End of the Kofun era and beginning of the Asuka period, the second part of the Yamato period in Japan.

By Topic

Religion

• Buddhism introduced formally into Japan (by some accounts; see also 552).

Births

• Emperor Bidatsu, emperor of Japan
• Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian
• Zhiyi, de facto founder of Tiantai Buddhism

Deaths

• February 8 - Saint Severinus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch
• Comgall mac Domangairt, King of Dál Riata

 

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