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Centuries:	5th century · 6th century · 7th century
Decades:	490s 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s
Years:	520 521 522 523 524 525 526

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Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

523 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	523 DXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1276
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1321 – -1320
Berber calendar	1473
Buddhist calendar	1067
Burmese calendar	-115
Chinese calendar	3159/3219-11-29 (壬寅年十一月廿九日) — to — 3160/3220-12-9 (癸卯年十二月初九日)
Coptic calendar	239 – 240
Ethiopian calendar	515 – 516
Hebrew calendar	4283 – 4284
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	578 – 579
- Shaka Samvat	445 – 446
- Kali Yuga	3624 – 3625
Holocene calendar	10523
Iranian calendar	99 BP – 98 BP
Islamic calendar	102 BH – 101 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2856
Thai solar calendar	1066
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[edit] Events

[edit] By Place

[edit] Byzantine Empire

• Justinian, later Byzantine emperor, marries Theodora.

[edit] Europe

• Hilderic becomes king of the Vandals.

[edit] Africa

• Leptis Magna is sacked by Berber raiders.

[edit] Asia

• Seong becomes king of Baekje.
• Completion of the Songyue Pagoda tower in China during the Northern Wei era; the circular-based tower is still 40 m (131 ft) in height.

[edit] By Topic

[edit] Arts and Sciences

• Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius writes the Consolation of Philosophy.

[edit] Religion

• August 13 — Pope John I succeeds Pope Hormisdas as the 53rd pope.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• February 1 — Brigid of Ireland (Saint)
• August 6 — Pope Hormisdas
• October 24 — St. Aretas, leader of the Christian community in Yemen (executed)
• Thrasamund, king of the Vandals and Alans
• Philoxenus of Mabbog, Syrian theologian
• Muryeong of Baekje
• Sigismund, king of the Burgundians