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The 520s decade ran from January 1, 520, to December 31, 529.
Events
520
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Priscian, Latin grammarian, writes the Institutiones Grammaticae ("Grammatical Foundations"). In Constantinople, he codifies this manuscript in 18 volumes that will be widely used through the Middle Ages. It provides the raw material for the field of speculative grammar.
- July – Vitalian, Byzantine general, becomes consul and is shortly later murdered, probably on the orders of Justinian. He is the nephew and heir-apparent of emperor Justin I.
Britannia
- King Pabo Post Prydain of the Pennines (Northern England) abdicates his throne and divides the kingdom between his two sons. He retires, as a hermit, to Anglesey.
- The Kingdom of East Anglia is formed, by the merging of the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of The Fens (approximate date).
- King Budic II returns to Cornouaille (Brittany) to claim the Breton throne (approximate date).
Europe
- The Ostrogothic ruler Theodoric the Great builds the Mausoleum of Theodoric as his future tomb in Ravenna (Italy).
Asia
- Bodhidharma, Buddhist monk, arrives in Luoyang. He spreads Buddhism and travels to the northern Chinese kingdom of Wei to the Shaolin Monastery.
By topic
Religion
- February 25 – Epiphanius is elected patriarch of Constantinople by the Byzantine emperor Justin I.
- The construction of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, is started (approximate date).
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Significant people
- Ahkal Mo' Nahb I, Ajaw (Lord) of Palenque (Mayan Empire)
- Boethius, philosopher
- Childebert I, Frankish king, 524-558
- Clodoald, saint
- Chlodomer, King of Orleans, 511-524
- Chlothar I, Frankish King
- Dionysius Exiguus, inventor of the Anno Domini
- Godomar, King of BUrgundy
- Guntheuc, Queen of Orleans
- Justin I, Eastern Roman Emperor, 518-527
- Kaleb of Axum, King of Ethiopia
- Sigismund of Burgundy, King of the Burgundians, 516-524
- Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths, 475-526