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Year '''524''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] on the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Justin I|Iustinus]] and [[Venantius Opilio|Opilio]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1277 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 524 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Venantius Opilio]] is appointed by Byzantium's [[Justin I|Emperor Justin]] to administer the Western Roman Empire as the Roman consul, replacing [[Maximus (consul 523)|Anicius Maximus]]. The Emperor Justin appoints himself as consul for the West, an office vacant since 522, but has [[Theodorus Filoxenus Sotericus Filoxenus|Theodorus Filoxenus]] administering the west.
* [[May 1]] &ndash; King [[Sigismund of Burgundy]] is executed at [[Orléans]] after an 8-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother [[Godomar]]. He rallies the [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundian]] army and begins plundering [[Francia|Frankish]] territory. 
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Vézeronce]]: The [[Franks]] under [[Chlodomer]], [[Childebert I]] and [[Chlothar I]] are defeated by the [[Burgundians]] and allied [[Ostrogoths]] near [[Isère]] (France), averting the Frankish advance into Burgundy. During the fighting Chlodomer is killed. Later Childebert annexes the cities of [[Chartres]] and Orléans.
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Boethius|Anicius Manlius Boethius]], one of Rome's most prolific writers and philosophers, is beaten to death at the prison at [[Pavia]], where he has been imprisoned for treason. During his prison sentence, he has written his final work,  ''[[The Consolation of Philosophy]]''.<ref>[[Will Durant]], ''[[The Story of Civilization]], Volume IV: The Age of Faith'' (New York : Simon and Schuster, 1950)</ref> The date of the death of St. Boethius is later celebrated as his feast day on the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints.<ref>[[Pope Benedict XVI]], "Boethius and Cassidorius" (lecture of March 12, 2008), in ''Church Fathers and Teachers: From Saint Leo the Great to Peter Lombard'' (Ignatius Press, 2010) p.13</ref> 
* Date unknown &ndash; Queen [[Guntheuc]], widow of Chlodomer, is forced into marrying his brother, Chlothar I. Her two children are murdered by him, but the eldest son [[Clodoald]] survives by escaping to [[Provence]].

==== Central America ====
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I]], ruler of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city of [[Palenque]] in what is now the southern Mexican state of [[Chiapas]], dies after a reign of 23 years. The city enters an [[interregnum]] which lasts a little over four years. </onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Kan Bahlam I]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (d. [[583]])
* [[He Shikai]], high official of [[Northern Qi]] (d. [[571]])
* [[Xiao Daqi]], [[crown prince]] of Northern Qi (d. [[551]]) 
* [[Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei|Xiao Jing Di]], emperor of [[Eastern Wei]] (d. [[552]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Chlodomer]], king of the [[Franks]]
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Viventiolus]], Archbishop of Lyon (b. [[460]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I]], ruler of Palenque (Mexico) (b. [[465]])
* [[Boethius]], Roman [[Philosophy|philosopher]] and writer (b. [[480]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Boethius (480-524) - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boetius: Of the consolation of philosophy : in five books / made English and illustrated with notes by the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Preston. |url=https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1085406/anicius-manlius-severinus-boetius-of-the-consolation-of-philosophy-in-five-books |website=www.royalcollection.org.uk |access-date=23 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Brigit of Kildare]], Irish [[patron saint]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Ireland's own 5th-century female bishop: Brigid of Kildare |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/ireland-s-own-5th-century-female-bishop-brigid-of-kildare-1.3504216 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Sanghapala]], [[Khmer people|Mon-Khmer]] monk (b. [[460]])
* [[Sigismund of Burgundy|Sigismund]], king of the [[Burgundians]]
* [[Zhou She]], high official of [[Liang Dynasty|Southern Liang]] (b. [[469]])

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