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Year '''528''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Justinian I|Sabbatius]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1281 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 528 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[February 13]] &ndash; Emperor [[Justinian I]] appoints a commission (including the [[jurist]] [[Tribonian]]) to codify all laws of the [[Roman Empire]] that are still in force from [[Hadrian]] to the current date; this becomes the ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis]]''.
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Natural disaster]]: A [[528 Antioch earthquake|second earthquake]] strikes [[Antioch]], killing thousands (including Patriarch Euphrasius), and causing a fire that destroys the [[Domus Aurea (Antioch)|Domus Aurea]] (Great Church) built by [[Constantine the Great]].<ref name="ngdc1">{{cite web |title=Significant Earthquake Information |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/134 |publisher=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Justin (Moesia)|Justin]], Byzantine general (''[[magister militum]]''), dies in battle against the [[Bulgars]] on the frontier of the [[Danube|Danubian]] ''[[Limes (Roman Empire)|limes]]'' in [[Moesia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Martindale, J. R.|title=The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire|year=1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=163–164, 748}}</ref> He is succeeded by [[Constantiolus]].

==== Asia ====
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei]], emperor of [[Northern Wei]], is poisoned by order of his mother, the regent [[Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)|Empress Dowager Hu]].
* [[April 1]] &ndash; The 6-week-old only [[daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei]] is proclaimed empress regnant of Northern Wei, by [[Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)|Empress Dowager Hu]].
* [[April 2]] &ndash; Xiaoming's daughter is replaced by the 2- or 3-year-old [[Yuan Zhao]] as emperor of Northern Wei, by order of [[Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)|Empress Dowager Hu]]
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)|Empress Dowager Hu]], regent of [[Northern Wei]], having resorted to an old monarchist tool and executed lovers who have displeased her, is drowned in the [[Yellow River]] along with the nominal emperor, the baby [[Yuan Zhao]], and prince [[Yuan Yong]] by order of General [[Erzhu Rong]], who places 21-year-old Yuan Ziyou on the [[throne]] as [[Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei]].
* The [[Hephthalite Empire|Hephthalite]]s (White Huns) move from the [[Hindu Kush]] into the [[Punjab region]], and eastward across the [[Ganges Delta]], ravaging cities and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monasteries.
* [[Yasodharman]], [[Maharaja]] ("great king") of [[Malwa]], defeats the [[Huns|Hun]] invaders under [[Mihirakula]] in central [[India]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* King [[Seong of Baekje]] adopts [[Korean Buddhism|Buddhism]] as the state religion.
* [[Bulguksa]], a Buddhist temple, is built in [[South Korea]].
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== Births ==
*[[February 12]] &ndash; [[Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei]], nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei

== Deaths ==
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei]], emperor of Northern Wei (b. [[510]])
* [[May 17]]
** [[Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)|Empress Dowager Hu]] of [[Northern Wei]]
** [[Yuan Yong]], imperial prince of Northern Wei
** [[Yuan Zhao]], emperor of Northern Wei (b. [[526]])
* [[Anicia Juliana]], daughter of [[Olybrius]] (approximate date)
* [[Bodhidharma]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[monk]] (approximate date)
* [[List of Patriarchs of Antioch|Euphrasius]], [[patriarch of Antioch]] (in the [[earthquake]]) 
* [[Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith]], king of the [[Ghassanids]]
* [[Justin (Moesia)|Justin]], Byzantine general (''[[magister militum]]'')
* [[Procopius of Gaza]], Christian [[Sophism|sophist]] and [[rhetoric]]ian

== References ==
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