531
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| Years: 527 528 529 530 - 531 - 532 533 534 535 | |
| Decades: 500s 510s 520s - 530s - 540s 550s 560s | |
| Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century | |
Events
- End of the reign of Northern Wei Chang Guang Wang, ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty.
- Khosrau I succeeds Kavadh I as king of Persia.
- Theudis succeeds Amalaric as king of the Visigoths.
- April 19 - Belisarius is defeated at the Battle of Callinicum; Mundus briefly takes command of the Byzantine army.
- Some members of the Blue and Green chariot racing factions in Constantinople are imprisoned for murder, precipitating the Nika riots the next year.
- The Franks and Saxons defeat the Kingdom of Thuringia.
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