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526 by topic |
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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 |
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
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Roman–Persian Wars:KingKavad I,assisted by hisArabianvassal,Al-Mundhir III,begins a campaign in theTranscaucasusregion andUpper Mesopotamia.
Middle East
[edit]- Probably betweenMay 20andMay 29–526 Antioch earthquake:A great earthquake kills approximately 250,000 people inSyriaandAntioch.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Pope John Ireturns to Ravenna fromConstantinople.Theodoric the Great finds that he has been only partly successful in persuading theByzantine emperorJustin Ito withdraw hisedictagainstArianChristianity,[1]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
[edit]- Wang Lin,general of theLiang DynastyandNorthern Wei(d.573)
- Yuan Zhao( "the young lord" ), emperor of Northern Wei (d.528)
Deaths
[edit]- May 18–Pope John I[1]
- August 30–Theodoric the Great,king of theOstrogoths(b.454)[2]
- October 30–Paul of Edessa,Syriac Orthodoxbishop ofEdessa
- Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus,Romanpolitician
References
[edit]- ^abWalsh, Michael J. (May 10, 2006).Pocket Dictionary of Popes.A&C Black. p. 77.ISBN978-0-86012-420-7.
- ^"Theodoric | king of Italy | Britannica".www.britannica.com.RetrievedFebruary 18,2022.