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Calendar overview 520
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| 520 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 512/513 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1063/64 (southern Buddhism); 1062/63 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 53rd (54th) cycle
Year of the Metal Rat庚子 ( at the beginning of the Earth Pig year 己亥) |
| Jewish calendar | 4280/81 (August 28-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 236/237 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCLXXIII (1273)
Diocletian's era : 236/237 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 830/831 (April)
Syria: 831/832 (October) |
| Spanish era | 558 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 576/577 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- The Eastern Roman general and former insurgent Vitalian is appointed army master and consul by Emperor Justin I at the beginning of the year . As early as July, he was murdered as a potential rival for rule in the palace - presumably at the instigation of Justinian's nephew
- Sana'a becomes the capital of the Himyars .
- The places Orcet and Dietfurt are first mentioned in a document.
- around 520: Establishment of the Kingdom of East Anglia
- around 520: Ella Asbeha becomes Negus of the Aksumite Empire in Ethiopia .
science and technology
- around 520: In his chronicle, which describes the events of the years 379 to 518 in Latin, Marcellinus Comes takes the view for the first time that with the deposition of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer in 476 ( "successive ruler in the 522nd year" ) the Western Roman Empire had perished.
Culture and society
- Theodoric the Great had his tomb built in Ravenna . The mausoleum of Theodoric is considered to be the most outstanding building work of the Ostrogoths in Italy.
religion
- February 25th : Epiphanios becomes Patriarch of Constantinople as the successor of John II Kappadokes, who died shortly before .
Born
Born 520
Born around 520
- Ferreolus , Bishop of Uzès († 581 )
- Frediano of Lucca , Italian bishop and saint († 588 )
- Charibert I , Frankish King († 567 )
- Chlodoald , Merovingian prince, saint († 560 )
- Ingoberga , Franconian Queen († 589 )
- Machutus , Bishop of Aleth († around 620 )
- Radegundis , Thuringian king's daughter, patron saint of weavers and potters († 587 )
Died
- February: John II Kappadokes , Patriarch of Constantinople
- July: Vitalian , Eastern Roman army master, insurgent and politician
- around 520: Isidore , Neoplatonic philosopher
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