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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

January 1 - Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius appointed as consul in Constantinople, the last person to hold this office
Plague appears in Egypt, spreading the following year to Constantinople.
John the Cappadocian is dismissed by Theodora for treason.

Europe

Totila becomes king of the Ostrogoths.

Asia

The Uyghurs come under the rule of the Hephthalites.

By Topic

Religion

Jacob Baradaeus becomes bishop of Edessa.

Births

Deaths

Ildibad, king of the Ostrogoths

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