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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• Belisarius is sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths, who have been making reconquests in the area.
• Pope Vigilius is ordered to Constantinople.
• Khosrau I of Persia unsuccessfully attacks the Byzantine fortress of Daraa.

By Topic

Religion

• Jacob Baradaeus consecrates Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of Antioch. By this act, he creates a permanent schism between the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Births

• Empress Dugu Qieluo
• Emperor Jing of Liang
• Yuwen Xian

Deaths

• King Wihtgar of the Isle of Wight
• October 18 — Saint Wenna
• Dionysius Exiguus, creator of the Anno Domini system of date measurement

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