Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 511 A.D. through 520 A.D.
- 511 to 520
- Clovis, king of the Franks since 481, d. 511; his
realm is divided among his four sons Theodoric I
(- 534), Chlodomer (- 524), Childebert I (- 558),
and Chlothar (- 561), with courts at Soissons,
Paris, Metz, and Orleans respectively
- Sigismund, son of Gundobad, becomes king of
Burgundy (516)
- Emperor Wu-Ti becomes a Buddhist and introduces
the new religion to central China (517)
- Justin I (b. 450) becomes Byzantine emperor
(518 - 527)
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