Events

• Byzantine general Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna.
• Ostrogoth king Witiges is succeeded by Ildibad.
• Pope Vigilius in letters to Emperor Justinian and Patriarch Mennas of Constantinople rejects Monophysitism.
• The Sassanids attack Dara and capture Antioch.

Births

• Pope Gregory I (approximate date)
• Galswintha, wife of Chilperic I of Neustria
• Myrddin Wyllt, later wild man of the woods and possible source for Merlin (approximate date).

Deaths

• Dionysius Exiguus (approximate date)
• Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths