By place Europe •
January 1 –
Venantius Opilio is appointed by Byzantium's
Emperor Justin to administer the Western Roman Empire as the Roman consul, replacing
Anicius Maximus. The Emperor Justin appoints himself as consul for the West, an office vacant since 522, but has
Theodorus Filoxenus administering the west. •
May 1 – King
Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at
Orléans after an 8-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother
Godomar. He rallies the
Burgundian army and begins plundering
Frankish territory. •
June 25 –
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 –
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. The date of the death of St. Boethius is later celebrated as his feast day on the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints. • Date unknown – 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 –
Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I, ruler of the
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. == Births ==