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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 5th century 6th century 7th century Decades 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s Years 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 v t e

528 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

528 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 528 DXXVIII Ab urbe condita 1281 Assyrian calendar 5278 Balinese saka calendar 449–450 Bengali calendar −66 – −65 Berber calendar 1478 Buddhist calendar 1072 Burmese calendar −110 Byzantine calendar 6036–6037 Chinese calendar 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3225 or 3018 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3226 or 3019 Coptic calendar 244–245 Discordian calendar 1694 Ethiopian calendar 520–521 Hebrew calendar 4288–4289 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 584–585 - Shaka Samvat 449–450 - Kali Yuga 3628–3629 Holocene calendar 10528 Iranian calendar 94 BP – 93 BP Islamic calendar 97 BH – 96 BH Javanese calendar 415–416 Julian calendar 528 DXXVIII Korean calendar 2861 Minguo calendar 1384 before ROC 民前1384年 Nanakshahi calendar −940 Seleucid era 839/840 AG Thai solar calendar 1070–1071 Tibetan calendar མེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Sheep) 654 or 273 or −499 — to — ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Monkey) 655 or 274 or −498

Year **528** (**[DXXVIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Saturday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Saturday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Sabbatius](/source/Justinian_I) without colleague** (or, less frequently, **year 1281 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 528 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Byzantine Empire

- [February 13](/source/February_13) – Emperor [Justinian I](/source/Justinian_I) appoints a commission (including the [jurist](/source/Jurist) [Tribonian](/source/Tribonian)) to codify all laws of the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) that are still in force from [Hadrian](/source/Hadrian) to the current date; this becomes the *[Corpus Juris Civilis](/source/Corpus_Juris_Civilis)*.

- [November 29](/source/November_29) – [Natural disaster](/source/Natural_disaster): A [second earthquake](/source/528_Antioch_earthquake) strikes [Antioch](/source/Antioch), killing thousands.[1]

- [Justin](/source/Justin_(Moesia)), Byzantine general (*[magister militum](/source/Magister_militum)*), dies in battle against the [Bulgars](/source/Bulgars) on the frontier of the [Danubian](/source/Danube) *[limes](/source/Limes_(Roman_Empire))* in [Moesia](/source/Moesia).[2] He is succeeded by [Constantiolus](/source/Constantiolus).

#### Asia

- [March 31](/source/March_31) – [Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei](/source/Emperor_Xiaoming_of_Northern_Wei), emperor of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei), is poisoned by order of his mother, the regent [Empress Dowager Hu](/source/Empress_Dowager_Hu_(Northern_Wei)).

- [April 1](/source/April_1) – The 6-week-old only [daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei](/source/Daughter_of_Emperor_Xiaoming_of_Northern_Wei) is proclaimed empress regnant of Northern Wei, by [Empress Dowager Hu](/source/Empress_Dowager_Hu_(Northern_Wei)).

- [April 2](/source/April_2) – Xiaoming's daughter is replaced by the 2- or 3-year-old [Yuan Zhao](/source/Yuan_Zhao) as emperor of Northern Wei, by order of [Empress Dowager Hu](/source/Empress_Dowager_Hu_(Northern_Wei))

- [May 17](/source/May_17) – [Empress Dowager Hu](/source/Empress_Dowager_Hu_(Northern_Wei)), regent of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei), having resorted to an old monarchist tool and executed lovers who have displeased her, is drowned in the [Yellow River](/source/Yellow_River) along with the nominal emperor, the baby [Yuan Zhao](/source/Yuan_Zhao), and prince [Yuan Yong](/source/Yuan_Yong) by order of General [Erzhu Rong](/source/Erzhu_Rong), who places 21-year-old Yuan Ziyou on the [throne](/source/Throne) as [Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei](/source/Emperor_Xiaozhuang_of_Northern_Wei).

- The [Hephthalites](/source/Hephthalite_Empire) (White Huns) move from the [Hindu Kush](/source/Hindu_Kush) into the [Punjab region](/source/Punjab_region), and eastward across the [Ganges Delta](/source/Ganges_Delta), ravaging cities and [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) monasteries.

- [Yasodharman](/source/Yasodharman), [Maharaja](/source/Maharaja) ("great king") of [Malwa](/source/Malwa), defeats the [Hun](/source/Huns) invaders under [Mihirakula](/source/Mihirakula) in central [India](/source/India).

### By topic

#### Religion

- King [Seong of Baekje](/source/Seong_of_Baekje) adopts [Buddhism](/source/Korean_Buddhism) as the state religion.

- [Bulguksa](/source/Bulguksa), a Buddhist temple, is built in [South Korea](/source/South_Korea).

## Births

- [February 12](/source/February_12) – [Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei](/source/Daughter_of_Emperor_Xiaoming_of_Northern_Wei), nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei

## Deaths

- [March 31](/source/March_31) – [Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei](/source/Emperor_Xiaoming_of_Northern_Wei), emperor of Northern Wei (b. [510](/source/510))

- [May 17](/source/May_17) - [Empress Dowager Hu](/source/Empress_Dowager_Hu_(Northern_Wei)) of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei) - [Yuan Yong](/source/Yuan_Yong), imperial prince of Northern Wei - [Yuan Zhao](/source/Yuan_Zhao), emperor of Northern Wei (b. [526](/source/526))

- [Anicia Juliana](/source/Anicia_Juliana), daughter of [Olybrius](/source/Olybrius) (approximate date)

- [Bodhidharma](/source/Bodhidharma), [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) [monk](/source/Monk) (approximate date)

- [Euphrasius](/source/List_of_Patriarchs_of_Antioch), [patriarch of Antioch](/source/Patriarch_of_Antioch) (in the [earthquake](/source/Earthquake))

- [Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith](/source/Jabalah_IV_ibn_al-Harith), king of the [Ghassanids](/source/Ghassanids)

- [Justin](/source/Justin_(Moesia)), Byzantine general (*[magister militum](/source/Magister_militum)*)

- [Procopius of Gaza](/source/Procopius_of_Gaza), Christian [sophist](/source/Sophism) and [rhetorician](/source/Rhetoric)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** National Geophysical Data Center (1972). ["Significant Earthquake Information"](https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/134). National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.7289/V5TD9V7K](https://doi.org/10.7289%2FV5TD9V7K). Retrieved August 13, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Martindale, J. R. (1992). *The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire*. Cambridge University Press. pp. 163–164, 748.

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