Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 521 A.D. through 530 A.D.
- 521 to 530
- Thrasamund, king of the Vandals, d. 523; succeeded by
Hilderic (- 530)
- Sigismund, king of Burgundy, killed by Chlodomer, son
of Clovis I; succeeded by Godomar (524)
- Caleb of Abyssinia conquers the Yemen (525)
- Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths since
471, d. 526; his daughter Amalaswintha becomes
regent of Italy (- 534)
- Justinian I, nephew of Justin I, becomes Byzantine
Emperor (527 - 565)
- Saxon kingdoms of Essex and Middlesex (527)
- Ratisbon becomes the capital of Bavaria (529)
- Gelimer, nephew of Gunthamund and Thrasamund,
establishes himself after the death of Hilderic
as king of the Vandals (530 - 534)
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