Explore 16 historical events from 520–529.
Yuan Zhao, also known in historiography as Youzhu of Northern Wei, was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty.
Yuan Zhao, emperor of Northern Wei (born 526)
Empress Dowager Hu, formally Empress Ling (靈皇后), was an empress dowager of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty (515–528). She was a concubine of Emperor Xuanwu, and she be…
Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Wei
Yuan Yong (元雍), né Tuoba Yong (拓跋雍), courtesy name Simu (思穆), formally Prince Wenmu of Gaoyang (高陽文穆王), was an imperial prince of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. He w…
Yuan Yong, imperial prince of Northern Wei
The 526 Antioch earthquake struck Syria and, in particular, the city of Antioch in the Byzantine Empire. It occurred some time in late May 526, probably between 20 and 29 May, duri…
A catastrophic earthquake hits Antioch, killing several thousands including patriarch Euphrasius
Pope John I was the bishop of Rome from 13 August 523 to his death on 18 May 526. He was a native of Siena, in Italy. He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople by the O…
Pope John I
The Franks were a northern European group of peoples who first appeared in the third century AD as a new name for the Germanic tribes living near the lower stretches of the Rhine R…
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce
Pope Felix IV was the bishop of Rome from 12 July 526 to his death on 22 September 530. He was the chosen candidate of Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great, who had imprisoned Felix'…
Election of pope Felix IV following the death of pope John I earlier that year.
Saint Viventiolus was the Archbishop of Lyon 514–523. Later canonized and venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Lyon, France his feast Day is July 12. He …
Viventiolus, archbishop of Lyon (born 460)
Magnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.
Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop
Justin I, also called Justin the Thracian, was Eastern Roman emperor from 518 to 527. Born to a peasant family, he rose through the ranks of the army to become commander of the imp…
Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
Empress Dowager Hu, formally Empress Ling (靈皇后), was an empress dowager of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty (515–528). She was a concubine of Emperor Xuanwu, and she be…
Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Wei
Yuan Yong (元雍), né Tuoba Yong (拓跋雍), courtesy name Simu (思穆), formally Prince Wenmu of Gaoyang (高陽文穆王), was an imperial prince of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. He w…
Yuan Yong, imperial prince of Northern Wei
Yuan Zhao, also known in historiography as Youzhu of Northern Wei, was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty.
Yuan Zhao, emperor of Northern Wei (born 526)
Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized renovatio imperii. This ambition w…
Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
Justin I, also called Justin the Thracian, was Eastern Roman emperor from 518 to 527. Born to a peasant family, he rose through the ranks of the army to become commander of the imp…
Justin I, Byzantine emperor (born 450)
Justin I, also called Justin the Thracian, was Eastern Roman emperor from 518 to 527. Born to a peasant family, he rose through the ranks of the army to become commander of the imp…
Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
The 526 Antioch earthquake struck Syria and, in particular, the city of Antioch in the Byzantine Empire. It occurred some time in late May 526, probably between 20 and 29 May, duri…
A catastrophic earthquake hits Antioch, killing several thousands including patriarch Euphrasius
Pope Felix IV was the bishop of Rome from 12 July 526 to his death on 22 September 530. He was the chosen candidate of Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great, who had imprisoned Felix'…
Election of pope Felix IV following the death of pope John I earlier that year.
Pope John I was the bishop of Rome from 13 August 523 to his death on 18 May 526. He was a native of Siena, in Italy. He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople by the O…
Pope John I
Theodoric the Great, also called the Amal, was king of the Ostrogoths (471–526), and ruler of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493 and 526, regent of the Visigoths (511–526…
Theodoric the Great, Italian ruler (born 454)
The Franks were a northern European group of peoples who first appeared in the third century AD as a new name for the Germanic tribes living near the lower stretches of the Rhine R…
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce
Kan Bahlam I, also known as Chan Bahlum I, was an ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque. He acceded to the throne on April 6, 572 at age 47 and ruled until his death. Kan Bahlam …
Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (died 583)
Saint Viventiolus was the Archbishop of Lyon 514–523. Later canonized and venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Lyon, France his feast Day is July 12. He …
Viventiolus, archbishop of Lyon (born 460)
Pope John I was the bishop of Rome from 13 August 523 to his death on 18 May 526. He was a native of Siena, in Italy. Pope John I played a pivotal role in standardizing how the Wes…
John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
Pope Hormisdas was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death on 6 August 523. His papacy was dominated by the Acacian schism, started in 484 by Acacius of Constantinople's e…
Pope Hormisdas (born 450)
Magnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.
Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop