533

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Decades: 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s

Years: 528 529 530 531 532 - 533 - 534 535 536 537 538

• February 1 - John becomes Pope, succeeding Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532
• Belisarius, a general in the service of Justinian I, lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals
• September - Battle of Ad Decimium: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected.
• December - Battle of Ticameron: Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo[?]. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia
• December 16 - The Digesto or Pandectae, a collection of jurist writings and other sources, is completed (see Corpus Juris Civilis)

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Deaths

• January 13 - Saint Remigius[?], bishop of Reims, baptiser of Clovis I