Events

• Beginning of the Western Wei Dynasty in China. First ruler is Western Wei Wen Di .
• Pope John II (533-535) is succeeded by Pope Agapetus I.
• Justinian I orders Belisarius to start the reconquest of Italy; Mundus simultaneously invades Dalmatia.
• Anthimus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.

Environmental Change

• Weather is reported to be unusually cold and dark; see climate changes of 535-536

Births

Deaths

• May 8 - Pope John II
• June 5 - Epiphanius, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths (killed in exile)