General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Law: Justinian legal code(Codex Jusstinianus) created
- Religion: Death of Pope Felix IV - Pope Boniface II appointed
- Deaths: Pope Felix IV
Africa
- North: Gelimer – nephew of Gunthamund and Thrasamund establishes himself after death of Hilderic as king of Vandals
Europe
- General: Migration of Celtic monks to N Gaul
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Justinian legal code (Codex Jusstinianus)