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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

* General Narses reconquers all of Italy.
* Byzantine forces seize Granada and Andalusia from the Visigoths.

Europe

* Athanagild succeeds Agila as king of the Visigoths.
* The Ostrogoths are evicted from Rome, and Italy is reunified under Byzantine Imperial rule. [Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.]

Asia

* Gong Di succeeds Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Western Wei Dynasty.
* Jiangling is captured; 100,000 inhabitants are enslaved and distributed to generals and officials.
* Baekje and Gaya ally and wage war upon Silla in the Korean peninsula, but are defeated.
* The second and larger of the two Buddhas of Bamyan is erected in central Afghanistan. [Cohen, Roger. "Return to Bamiyan", "The New York Times", October 29 2007. Accessed October 29 2007.]

Births

* Empress Suiko of Japan
* Emperor Fei of Chen

Deaths

* Agila, king of the Visigoths
* Emperor Fei of Western Wei
* King Seong of Baekje
* Empress Yuwen

References