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| Years: 528 529 530 531 - 532 - 533 534 535 536 | |
| Decades: 500s 510s 520s - 530s - 540s 550s 560s | |
| Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century | |
Events
- January 11 - Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral is destroyed.
- January 18 - Nika riots in Constantinople are put down by Belisarius and Mundus; maybe as many as 30 000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
- Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new cathedral - begin of the construction of the Hagia Sophia.
- Justinian I signs a peace treaty with the Sassanian shah Chosroes I.
- Franks invade the kingdom of Burgundy.
- Northern Wei Xiao Wu Di succeeds Northern Wei An Ding Wang in Northern China.
- Silla conquers Geumgwan Gaya in Korean peninsula.
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