The 6th century: key events

Chronyas has 751 events dated to the 6th century (501 to 600 CE), during the Medieval world. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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from 502 CE to 587 CELiang dynasty
from 502 CE to 506 CEAnastasian War
505 CEOrigins of Dara
from 511 CE to 977 CENeustria
from 27 November 511 CE to 1 November 751 CEAustrasia
21 May 512 CEEarthquake in Yingxian, Shaanxi Province, China
from 22 July 514 CE to 6 August 523 CEHormisdas becomes Pope
from 518 CE to 602 CEJustinian dynasty
from 518 CE to 527 CEJustin I becomes Byzantine emperor
from 519 CE to 927 CEKingdom of Wessex
from 15 August 523 CE to 18 May 526 CEJohn I becomes Pope
526 CEConstruction of Little Hagia Sophia
from 526 CE to 532 CEIberian War
from 15 July 526 CE to 22 September 530 CEFelix IV becomes Pope
from 527 CE to 918 CEKingdom of Mercia
from 1 April 527 CE to 14 November 565 CEJustinian I becomes Byzantine emperor
528 CECorpus Juris Civilis
29 November 528 CEEarthquake in Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
7 April 529 CECode of Justinian
from 22 September 530 CE to 17 October 532 CEBoniface II becomes Pope
from 13 September 531 CE to 31 January 579 CEKhosrow I becomes Emperor of the Sasanian Empire
January 532 CENika Riots
from 4 January 533 CE to 8 May 535 CEJohn II becomes Pope
from June 533 CE to March 534 CEVandalic War
from 535 CE to 557 CEWestern Wei
from 535 CE to 554 CEGothic War of 535–554
from 15 May 535 CE to 22 April 536 CEAgapetus I becomes Pope
536 CEThe volcanic winter of 536
from 10 June 536 CE to 1 March 537 CESilverius becomes Pope
537 CEConstruction of Hagia Sophia
from 31 March 537 CE to 7 June 555 CEVigilius becomes Pope
from 538 CE to 710 CEAsuka period
540 CEBirth of Gregory I
from 541 CE to 562 CELazic War
from 541 CE to 750 CEPlague of Justinian
from November 542 CE to March 543 CESiege of Naples
from 543 CE to 753 CEChalukya dynasty
from 550 CE to 706 CEZhenla
from c. 550s to 800sVendel era
c. 550 CEEruption of Harunasan
from 551 CE to 603 CEFirst Turkic Khaganate
7 July 551 CEEarthquake in Schisma, Boetia, Greece
from 552 CE to 657 CEGöktürks
July 552 CEBattle of Taginae
553 CESecond Council of Constantinople
553 CEConstruction of Euphrasian Basilica
from 556 CE to 561 CEPelagius I becomes Pope
from 19 July 561 CE to 13 July 574 CEJohn III becomes Pope
562 CEOrigins of Sangarius Bridge
from 562 CE to 823 CEAvar Khaganate
565 CEEarthquake in Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
14 November 565 CEDeath of Justinian I
from 568 CE to 751 CEByzantine–Lombard Wars
from 568 CE to 774 CEKingdom of the Lombards
20 April 571 CEBirth of Muhammad
from 572 CE to 591 CEByzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
27 October 573 CEBirth of Abu Bakr
c. 575 CEBirth of Uthman ibn Affan
575 CEBirth of Heraclius
from 4 June 575 CE to 30 July 579 CEBenedict I becomes Pope
577 CEBattle of Deorham
578 CEOrigins of Reccopolis
from 28 November 579 CE to 7 February 590 CEPelagius II becomes Pope
from 581 CE to 618 CESui dynasty
from 581 CE to 659 CEWestern Turkic Khaganate
from 582 CE to 602 CEMaurice's Balkan campaigns
from 14 August 582 CE to 27 November 602 CEMaurice becomes Byzantine emperor
586 CEBirth of Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
30 September 587 CEEarthquake in Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
from 3 September 590 CE to 12 March 604 CEGregory I becomes Pope
August 591 CEBattle of the Blarathon
593 CEConstruction of Itsukushima Shrine
597 CEConstruction of Canterbury Cathedral
598 CEBirth of Brahmagupta
from 598 CE to 1538Origins of St Augustine's Abbey
17 March 599 CEBirth of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
c. 600 CEOrigins of Nottingham
c. 600 CEOrigins of Derby
from 600 CE to 900 CEWari
c. 600 CEEruption of Sheveluch

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