Editing 535 (section)

=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[April 30]] &ndash; King [[Theodahad]] revenges himself upon Queen [[Amalasuintha]]. He has her taken from the capital of [[Ravenna]] to a small island on [[Lake Bolsena]], where she is strangled in her bath.<ref>[[Jordanes]], Vol. LIX, p. 51 and [[Herwig Wolfram]] (1998), p. 338</ref> 
* The death of Amalasuintha gives [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Justinian I]] a pretext to invade [[Italy]] and begin the [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]].
* The Byzantine city of [[Justiniana Prima]] is founded, and later becomes a [[Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima|bishop's seat]] of the Central [[Balkans]].

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]: Emperor Justinian I appoints [[Belisarius]] commander-in-chief (''[[Autokrator|stratēgos autokratōr]]''), and sends a Byzantine expeditionary force of only 8,000 soldiers (half are heavy East Roman cavalry) to begin the reconquest of Italy.<ref name="Norw">J. Norwich, ''Byzantium: The Early Centuries'', p. 215</ref>
* Summer &ndash; Belisarius lands in [[Sicily]] and meets little opposition, save for the [[Ostrogoths|Gothic]] garrison of [[Palermo]]. Laying [[siege]] to the [[citadel]], he [[blockade]]s the harbour with his ships. [[Mundus (general)|Mundus]] invades [[Dalmatia]] and captures its capital, [[Salona]]. 
* Justinian I issues the ''[[Lex Julia]]'' and declares that a wife has no right to bring criminal charges of [[adultery]] against a husband. This makes [[divorce]] almost impossible in the [[Byzantine Empire]]. 
* [[December 31]] &ndash; Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his [[consul]]ship for the year.

==== Africa ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Solomon (magister militum)|Solomon]] defeats the [[Moors|Moorish]] rebels at Mount Mammes and Mount Bourgaon. He secures [[Byzacena]] (modern [[Tunisia]]) and establishes [[fortification]]s along the [[Numidia]]n border.  
* April &ndash; Justinian I reorganises the province as an [[Praetorian prefecture of Africa|African prefecture]], centered in [[Carthage]]. He restores frontier defences, and returns property to the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>Rome at War (p. 55). Michael Whitby, 2002. {{ISBN|1-84176-359-4}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* The [[Northern Wei|Northern Wei dynasty]] ends: The northern region of [[China]] is split into the [[Eastern Wei]] and the [[Western Wei]] during a [[civil war]]. The first ruler is [[Emperor Wen of Western Wei|Wen Di]]; he makes his son [[Emperor Fei of Western Wei|Fei Di]] crown prince.
* Significant to the [[history of agriculture]], Chinese author Jia Sixia writes the treatise ''"Chimin Yaoshu"'' in this year, and although it quotes 160 previous Chinese [[agronomy]] books, it is the oldest existent Chinese [[agriculture]] treatise. In over 100,000 written [[Chinese characters]], the book covers land preparation, [[Sowing|seeding]], cultivation, [[orchard]] management, [[forestry]], [[animal husbandry]], [[trade]], and culinary uses for [[crop]]s.
* Reports of the [[eruption]] of [[Krakatoa]] ([[Java]]), which possibly led to several years of climate change (see [[Extreme weather events of 535–536]]), are recorded in the Javanese [[Pararaton|''Book of Kings'']].