526

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	500s 510s 520s 530s 540s
Years:	523 524 525 526 527 528 529

526 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	526 DXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1279
Assyrian calendar	5276
Balinese saka calendar	447–448
Bengali calendar	−67
Berber calendar	1476
Buddhist calendar	1070
Burmese calendar	−112
Byzantine calendar	6034–6035
Chinese calendar	Ất tịNiên (WoodSnake) 3223 or 3016 — to — Bính ngọ niên (FireHorse) 3224 or 3017
Coptic calendar	242–243
Discordian calendar	1692
Ethiopian calendar	518–519
Hebrew calendar	4286–4287
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	582–583
-Shaka Samvat	447–448
-Kali Yuga	3626–3627
Holocene calendar	10526
Iranian calendar	96 BP – 95 BP
Islamic calendar	99 BH – 98 BH
Javanese calendar	413–414
Julian calendar	526 DXXVI
Korean calendar	2859
Minguo calendar	1386 beforeROC Dân tiền 1386 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−942
Seleucid era	837/838AG
Thai solar calendar	1068–1069
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc xà niên (female Wood-Snake) 652 or 271 or −501 — to — Dương hỏa mã niên (male Fire-Horse) 653 or 272 or −500

Pope Felix IV(526–530)

Year526(DXXVI) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship ofOlybriuswithout colleague(or, less frequently,year 1279Ab urbe condita). The denomination 526 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Europe

• August 30– KingTheodoric the Greatdies ofdysenteryatRavenna;his daughterAmalasuinthatakes power asregentfor her 10-year-old sonAthalaric.
• Amalasuintha rules theOstrogothic Kingdomthat extends throughout theItalian Peninsula,Dalmatia,Sicily,SardiniaandCorsica.
• Amalaric,age 24, becomes king of theVisigoths,and assumes full royal power.

Persia

• Roman–Persian Wars:KingKavad I,assisted by hisArabianvassal,Al-Mundhir III,begins a campaign in theTranscaucasusregion andUpper Mesopotamia.

Middle East

• Probably betweenMay 20andMay 29–526 Antioch earthquake:A great earthquake kills approximately 250,000 people inSyriaandAntioch.

By topic

Religion

• Pope John Ireturns to Ravenna fromConstantinople.Theodoric the Great finds that he has been only partly successful in persuading theByzantine emperorJustin Ito withdraw hisedictagainstArianChristianity,and throws thepopeinto prison.
• May 18– John I dies ofstarvationafter a 3-year reign. Theodoric the Great selectsPope Felix IVas the 54th pope.
• Ecclesius,bishop of Ravenna,commissions two newchurches,one for Ravenna and one for its port,Classis.
• c. 526–547 – Sanctuaryapse'smosaicshowingChristenthroned and flanked bySaint Vitalisand Ecclesius,Basilica of San Vitale(Ravenna) is made.

Births

• Wang Lin,general of theLiang DynastyandNorthern Wei(d.573)
• Yuan Zhao( "the young lord" ), emperor of Northern Wei (d.528)

Deaths

• May 18–Pope John I
• August 30–Theodoric the Great,king of theOstrogoths(b.454)
• October 30–Paul of Edessa,Syriac Orthodoxbishop ofEdessa
• Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus,Romanpolitician