527

This article is about the year 527. For the number see 527 (number). For the political lobbying groups, see 527 group.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	490s  500s  510s  – 520s –  530s  540s  550s
Years:	524 525 526 – 527 – 528 529 530

527 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

527 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	527 DXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1280
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	5277
Bahá'í calendar	-1317–-1316
Bengali calendar	-66
Berber calendar	1477
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1071
Burmese calendar	-111
Byzantine calendar	6035–6036
Chinese calendar	丙午年十一月十三日 (3163/3223-11-13) — to — 丁未年十一月廿三日 (3164/3224-11-23)
Coptic calendar	243–244
Ethiopian calendar	519–520
Hebrew calendar	4287–4288
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	583–584
- Shaka Samvat	449–450
- Kali Yuga	3628–3629
Holocene calendar	10527
Igbo calendar
- Ǹrí Ìgbò	-473–-472
Iranian calendar	95 BP – 94 BP
Islamic calendar	98 BH – 97 BH
Japanese calendar
Juche calendar	N/A (before 1912)
Julian calendar	527    DXXVII
Korean calendar	2860
Minguo calendar	1385 before ROC 民前1385年
Thai solar calendar	1070

Emperor Justinian I (527–565)

Year 527 (DXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mavortius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1280 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 527 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• April 1 – Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian as co-ruler as an incurable wound saps his strength.
• August 1 – Justin I, age 77, dies at Constantinople and is succeeded by Justinian I who becomes sole emperor.
• Justinian I reorganises the command structure of the Byzantine army and fields a small but highly trained army.
• Justinian I appoints Belisarius to command the Eastern army in Armenia and on the Byzantine-Persian frontier.

Britannia

• King Cerdic of Wessex and his son Cynric defeat the Britons at Cerdicesleah (modern Chearsley).
• The Kingdom of Essex is founded by the Saxons who land north of the Thames. They take control of the land between what is now London and St Albans.
• Aescwine becomes the first king of Essex (approximate date).

Japan

• Iwai Rebellion: A revolt against the Yamato court breaks out in Tsukushi Province (This according to Nihon Shoki).

By topic

Religion

• The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, is rebuilt until 565. Restoring the architectural tone of the basilica.
• Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, formally adopts Buddhism as a state religion (approximate date).

Deaths

• Illan mac Dúnlainge, king of Leinster (Ireland)
• August 1 – Justin I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 450)