535

Byzantine Empire

 * orders to start the reconquest of ;  simultaneously invades.
 * — Belisarius completes the conquest of, defeating the garrison of , and ending his ship for the year.

China

 * The begins in China; the first ruler is.
 * Significant to the, the Chinese author Jia Sixia writes the treatise Chi Min Yao Shu in this year, and although it quotes 160 previous Chinese books, it is the oldest existent Chinese agriculture treatise. In over 100,000 written , the book covers land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.

Java

 * Reports of the of, which possibly lead to several years of climate change (see ), are recorded in the Javanese.

Religion

 * — succeeds  as the 57th.
 * becomes.
 * The Christian basilica at Leptis Magna is built in North Africa.

Earth Sciences

 * The weather is reported to be unusually cold and dark in multiple parts of the world; see.

Deaths

 * , queen of the (killed in exile)
 * , queen of the (killed in exile)
 * , queen of the (killed in exile)