General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Entertainment: St. Gildas writes British history
- Deaths: Arthur? (or 537)
Europe
- General: Plague begins to spread through Europe
- England: Arthur dies in battle (?537)
- Italian States: Plague hits Roman empire
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: 25 million die in plague in Constantinople areas to 546 – the rats came from Egypt and Syria