528 CE

Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei, is poisoned by order of his mother, the regent Empress Dowager Hu. 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. Natural disaster: A second earthquake strikes Antioch, killing thousands.

In the 520s, the 6th century.

Conflict & Security

  • May 17 – 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.source
  • Justin, Byzantine general (magister militum), dies in battle against the Bulgars on the frontier of the Danubian limes in Moesia. He is succeeded by Constantiolus.source
  • Yasodharman, Maharaja ("great king") of Malwa, defeats the Hun invaders under Mihirakula in central India.source

Religion & Belief

  • February 13 – 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.source
  • Bulguksa, a Buddhist temple, is built in South Korea.source
  • King Seong of Baekje adopts Buddhism as the state religion.source
  • The Hephthalites (White Huns) move from the Hindu Kush into the Punjab region, and eastward across the Ganges Delta, ravaging cities and Buddhist monasteries.source

Health & Medicine

  • March 31 – Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei, is poisoned by order of his mother, the regent Empress Dowager Hu.source
  • April 2 – Xiaoming's daughter is replaced by the 2- or 3-year-old Yuan Zhao as emperor of Northern Wei, by order of Empress Dowager Husource

Climate & Environment

  • November 29 – Natural disaster: A second earthquake strikes Antioch, killing thousands.source

Culture & Society

  • April 1 – The 6-week-old only daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei is proclaimed empress regnant of Northern Wei, by Empress Dowager Hu.source

Births

  • February 12 – Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, nominal empress regnant of Northern Weisource

Deaths

  • March 31 – Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei (born 510)source
  • May 17 – Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Weisource
  • May 17 – Yuan Zhao, emperor of Northern Wei (born 526)source
  • May 17 – Yuan Yong, imperial prince of Northern Weisource
  • Procopius of Gaza, Christian sophist and rhetoriciansource
  • Euphrasius, patriarch of Antioch (in the earthquake)source
  • Bodhidharma, Buddhist monk (approximate date)source
  • Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith, king of the Ghassanidssource
  • Justin, Byzantine general (magister militum)source
  • Anicia Juliana, daughter of Olybrius (approximate date)source