511 | Frankish kingdom divided into four on death of King Clovis |
524 | Composition of Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius while awaiting execution |
c. 525 | Foundation of Monte Cassino monastery by St Benedict and composition of his rule |
c. 527-65 | Gradual penetration of Balkans by Slav tribes |
529 | Promulgation by Justinian of first edition of new Roman law code (Codex Iustinianus); closing of the Academy of Athens |
532 | Serious uprising against Justinian in Constantinople (Nika riot) |
533 | Byzantine reconquest of Vandal Africa by general Belisarius |
534 | Frankish conquest of Burgundian kingdom; Byzantine occupation of Sicily |
535 | Byzantine invasion of Italian mainland |
540 | Byzantine occupation of Ravenna; Persian invasion of Syria and sacking of Antioch |
542 | Serious outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe |
c. 551 | Occupation of Cartagena and south-eastern Spain by Byzantines |
554 | End of major Ostrogothic resistance in Italy |
568 | Lombard invasion of Italy |
572-91 | Renewed war between Byzantium and Persia |
582 | Fall of Sirmium, leading to invasion of Balkans by Avars and their Slav allies |
585 | Sueve kingdom in north-west Spain taken over by Visigothic King Leovigild |
587 | Conversion of Visigothic King Reccared to Catholicism |
590 | Arrival of Columbanus and companions in Gaul |
597 | Augustine of Canterbury begins conversion of Kent |
603 | Beginning of series of devastating Persian raids into Anatolia Truce between Byzantines and Lombards in Italy |
613 | Foundation of monastery of Bobbio by Irish missionary St Columbanus |
622 | Migration (hijra) of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina: start of Muslim era |
626 | Repulse of Avaro-Slav siege of Constantinople |
627 | Defeat of Persians by Byzantine Emperor Heraclius |
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