Editing 531

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[[File:ChosroesHuntingScene.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Khosrau I]] (531–579)]]
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Year '''531''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the '''Year after the Consulship of Lampadius and [[Rufius Gennadius Probus Orestes|Probus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1284 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 531 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 ====
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Battle of Callinicum]]: A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army (20,000 men), commanded by [[Belisarius]], is defeated by the [[Persian people|Persians]] at [[Raqqa]] (northern [[Syria]]). Emperor [[Justinian I]] negotiates an end to the hostilities, and Belisarius is hailed as a hero. 
* Some members of the Blue and Green [[chariot racing]] factions in [[Constantinople]] are imprisoned for murder, precipitating the [[Nika riots]] the next year.

==== Europe ====
* The [[Franks]] under King [[Chlothar I]] march against the [[Thuringii]] with Chlothar's nephew [[Theudebert I]]. The Kingdom of [[Thuringia]] comes under [[Francia|Frankish]] domination. 
* [[Hermanafrid]], last king of the Thuringii, is defeated by the Franks near the [[Unstrut|Unstrut River]]. During negotiations he is pushed from the town walls of [[Zülpich]].
* King [[Childebert I]] receives pleas from his sister [[Clotilde (died 531)|Clotilde]], wife of King [[Amalaric]], claiming that she is abused by her husband. Childebert invades [[Septimania]] ([[Gaul]]).
* Childebert I defeats the [[Visigoths]] and conquers the capital [[Narbonne]]. Amalaric flees south to [[Barcelona]], where he is assassinated by his own men.<ref>Isidore of Seville, ''History of the Goths'', chapter 40. Translation by Guido Donini and Gorden B. Ford, ''Isidore of Seville's History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi'', second revised edition (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), p. 19.</ref>
* Clotilde returns with the Frankish army and dies on the journey home. She is buried in [[Paris]] alongside her father [[Clovis I]].
* [[Theudis]], sword-bearer of former king [[Theodoric the Great]], succeeds Amalaric as new ruler of the Visigoths.

==== Persia ====
* King [[Kavad I]], age 82, dies after a 43-year reign. [[Khosrau I]], his favourite son, is proclaimed successor over his elder brothers.

==== Asia ====
* The reign of [[Yuan Ye (emperor)|Chang Guang Wang]], ruler of [[Northern Wei]], ends. [[Gao Huan]], Chinese general, begins a [[rebellion]] and declares another member of the imperial clan, [[Yuan Lang|An Ding Wang]], emperor.
* [[Emperor Ankan|Ankan]], age 66, succeeds his father [[Emperor Keitai|Keitai]] as the 27th [[emperor of Japan]].
* [[Anwon of Goguryeo|Anwon]] becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of [[Goguryeo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref>

==== Unidentified ====
* Major [[volcanic eruption]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Connor|title=Our explosive past is written in the Antarctic ice|newspaper=[[i (British newspaper)|i]]|location=London|date=2014-07-07|page=17}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Li Delin]], Chinese official and [[List of Chinese writers|writer]] (d. [[591]])
* [[Liu Jingyan]], Chinese Empress (d. [[615]])
* [[Waldrada (Lombard princess)|Waldrada]], [[Lombards|Lombard]] princess (d. [[572]])
* [[Yan Zhitui]], Chinese scholar and [[official]] (d. [[591]])

== Deaths ==
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Xiao Tong]], [[Crown prince|prince]] of the [[Liang Dynasty]] (b. [[501]])
* [[Amalaric]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (assassinated)
* [[Clotilde (died 531)|Clotilde]], Visigoth queen and daughter of [[Clovis I]]
* [[Drest IV]], king of the [[Picts]] (approximate date)
* [[Hermanafrid]], king of the [[Thuringii]] (murdered)
* [[Kavadh I]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] (b. [[449]])
* [[Emperor Keitai|Keitai]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. [[450]])
* [[Maine mac Cearbhall]], king of [[Uí Maine]] (or [[537]])
* [[Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei|Xiao Zhuang Di]], emperor of [[Northern Wei]] (b. [[507]])

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