Events

By Place

Europe

• Athalaric succeeds Theodoric as king of the Ostrogoths, and Amalaric becomes king of the Visigoths in his own name.
• Amalaswintha, the daughter of Theoderic, becomes regent of Italy.
• The Tomb of Theodoric is built in Ravenna.

Asia

• May 19 — An earthquake kills approximately 300,000 in Syria and Antioch.

By Topic

Religion

• July 12 — Pope Felix IV succeeds Pope John I as the 54th pope.

Births

• Wang Lin
• Yuan Zhao

Deaths

• 18 May — Pope John I
• 20 May — Euphrosius, patriarch of Antioch (in earthquake)
• 30 August — Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths