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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[April 1]] &ndash; Emperor [[Justin I]] names his nephew [[Justinian I]] as co-ruler, as an incurable wound saps his strength.
* [[August 1]] &ndash; Justin I, age 77, dies at [[Constantinople]] and is succeeded by Justinian I, who becomes sole emperor.
* Justinian I reorganises the command structure of the [[Byzantine army]], and fields a small but highly trained army. 
* Justinian I appoints [[Belisarius]] to command the Eastern army in [[Armenia]] and on the Byzantine-Persian frontier.

==== Britannia ====
* King [[Cerdic of Wessex]] and his son [[Cynric of Wessex|Cynric]] defeat the [[Roman Britain|Britons]] at ''Cerdicesleah'' (modern [[Chearsley]]).
* The [[Kingdom of Essex]] is founded by the [[Saxons]], who land north of the [[Thames]]. They take control of the land between what is now London and [[St Albans]], ceding from the [[Kingdom of Kent]]
* [[Æscwine of Essex|Æscwine]] becomes the first king of [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]] (approximate date), defeating [[Octa of Kent|Octa]] in [[Hackney, London#Anglo-Saxon|battle at Hackney]], west of the [[River Lea]].

==== Japan ====
* [[Iwai Rebellion]]: A revolt against the [[Yamato period|Yamato court]] breaks out in [[Tsukushi Province]] (according to ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'').

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Justinian I outlaws [[Paganism|pagan]] religious practices in [[Egypt]], and dispatches Byzantine [[Missionary|missionaries]] to southern territories (approximate date).
* The [[Church of the Nativity]] in [[Bethlehem]] is rebuilt until [[565]], restoring the [[Architecture|architectural]] tone of the [[basilica]].
* [[Silla]], one of the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]], formally adopts [[Buddhism]] as a [[state religion]] (approximate date).
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