532

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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