526
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| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 490s 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s |
| Years: | 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 |
| 526 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 526 DXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1279 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1318 – -1317 |
| Berber calendar | 1476 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1070 |
| Burmese calendar | -112 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6034 – 6035 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十二月初三日 (3162/3222-12-3) — to —
丙午年十一月十二日(3163/3223-11-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 242 – 243 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 518 – 519 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4286 – 4287 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 581 – 582 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 448 – 449 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3627 – 3628 |
| Holocene calendar | 10526 |
| Iranian calendar | 96 BP – 95 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 99 BH – 98 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2859 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1069 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Athalaric succeeds Theodoric as king of the Ostrogoths (under regentship of Theoderic's daughter Amalaswintha), and Amalaric becomes king of the Visigoths in his own name.
- The Tomb of Theodoric is built in Ravenna.
[edit] Asia
- Late May (probably between the 20th and the 29th)—An earthquake kills approximately 250,000 in Syria and Antioch.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- July 12—Pope Felix IV succeeds Pope John I as the 54th pope.
- Ecclesius, Bishop of Ravenna, commissions two new churches, one for Ravenna and one for its port, Classis.
- c. 526–547 – Sanctuary apse's mosaic showing Christ enthroned and flanked by Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, is made.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 18 May—Pope John I
- 20 May—Euphrosius, patriarch of Antioch (in earthquake)
- 30 August—Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths
