538

Europe

 * —, king of the , ends his siege of Rome and retreats to , leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine , .  The last  power in the West is thus defeated, leaving Western Christendom completely under the rule of the.


 * becomes king of.

Asia

 * The ends and the, the second part of the  in , begins.

Religion

 * is introduced formally into (by some accounts; see also ).

Births

 * , emperor of Japan
 * , bishop and historian (d. )
 * , de facto founder of