General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Religion: Death of Pope John I and Pope Felix IV rules
- Deaths: Theodoric the Great - king of Ostrogoths, Pope John I
Europe
- Franco-German States: Tomb of Theodoric in Ravenna built
- Italian States: death of Theodoric the Great king of Ostrogoths
Daughter Amalaswintha becomes regent of Italy
Middle East
- General: Earthquake in Antioch, Turkey, and Syria kills a quarter million – one of world's largest disasters