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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Verina, mother-in-law of emperor Zeno attempts to kill Isaurian general Illus for turning against Basiliscus, her brother. The revolt is led by her son-in-law Marcian and the Ostrogoth warlord Theodoric Strabo, but Illus again proves his loyalty to Zeno by quashing the revolt.

Asia

★ First Shinto shrines built in Japan.

★ End of the Sung dynasty in China.

★ Chinese chronicles record a memorial sent by the "King of Japan" (possibly Emperor Yūryaku), who describes himself as "Supreme Director of Military Affairs in Japan and Korea" to the Court of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Chinese Emperor responds by confirming the Japanese dynasty in those titles. This is the earliest verifiable date in Japanese history.

Births

★ Narses, Byzantine general

Deaths

★ Ailill Molt, Irish monarch

★ Shen Youzhi