Chronyas has 751 events dated to the 6th century (501 to 600 CE), during the Medieval world. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.
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- from 502 CE to 587 CELiang dynasty
- from 502 CE to 506 CEAnastasian War
- 505 CEOrigins of Dara
- from 511 CE to 977 CENeustria
- from 27 November 511 CE to 1 November 751 CEAustrasia
- 21 May 512 CEEarthquake in Yingxian, Shaanxi Province, China
- 22 July 514 CEHormisdas becomes Pope
- from 518 CE to 602 CEJustinian dynasty
- 518 CEJustin I becomes Byzantine emperor
- from 519 CE to 927 CEKingdom of Wessex
- 15 August 523 CEJohn I becomes Pope
- 526 CEConstruction of Little Hagia Sophia
- from 526 CE to 532 CEIberian War
- 15 July 526 CEFelix IV becomes Pope
- from 527 CE to 918 CEKingdom of Mercia
- 1 April 527 CEJustinian I becomes Byzantine emperor
- 528 CECorpus Juris Civilis
- 29 November 528 CEEarthquake in Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- 7 April 529 CECode of Justinian
- 22 September 530 CEBoniface II becomes Pope
- 13 September 531 CEKhosrow I becomes Emperor of the Sasanian Empire
- January 532 CENika Riots
- 4 January 533 CEJohn II becomes Pope
- from June 533 CE to March 534 CEVandalic War
- from 535 CE to 557 CEWestern Wei
- from 535 CE to 554 CEGothic War of 535–554
- 15 May 535 CEAgapetus I becomes Pope
- 536 CEThe volcanic winter of 536
- 10 June 536 CESilverius becomes Pope
- 537 CEConstruction of Hagia Sophia
- 31 March 537 CEVigilius becomes Pope
- from 538 CE to 710 CEAsuka period
- 540 CEBirth of Gregory I
- from 541 CE to 562 CELazic War
- from 541 CE to 750 CEPlague of Justinian
- from November 542 CE to March 543 CESiege of Naples
- from 543 CE to 753 CEChalukya dynasty
- from 550 CE to 706 CEZhenla
- from c. 550s to 800sVendel era
- c. 550 CEEruption of Harunasan
- from 551 CE to 603 CEFirst Turkic Khaganate
- 7 July 551 CEEarthquake in Schisma, Boetia, Greece
- from 552 CE to 657 CEGöktürks
- July 552 CEBattle of Taginae
- 553 CESecond Council of Constantinople
- 553 CEConstruction of Euphrasian Basilica
- 556 CEPelagius I becomes Pope
- 19 July 561 CEJohn III becomes Pope
- 562 CEOrigins of Sangarius Bridge
- from 562 CE to 823 CEAvar Khaganate
- 565 CEEarthquake in Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- 14 November 565 CEDeath of Justinian I
- from 568 CE to 751 CEByzantine–Lombard Wars
- from 568 CE to 774 CEKingdom of the Lombards
- 20 April 571 CEBirth of Muhammad
- from 572 CE to 591 CEByzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
- 27 October 573 CEBirth of Abu Bakr
- c. 575 CEBirth of Uthman ibn Affan
- 575 CEBirth of Heraclius
- 4 June 575 CEBenedict I becomes Pope
- 577 CEBattle of Deorham
- 578 CEOrigins of Reccopolis
- 28 November 579 CEPelagius II becomes Pope
- from 581 CE to 618 CESui dynasty
- from 581 CE to 659 CEWestern Turkic Khaganate
- from 582 CE to 602 CEMaurice's Balkan campaigns
- 14 August 582 CEMaurice becomes Byzantine emperor
- 586 CEBirth of Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
- 30 September 587 CEEarthquake in Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- 3 September 590 CEGregory I becomes Pope
- August 591 CEBattle of the Blarathon
- 593 CEConstruction of Itsukushima Shrine
- 597 CEConstruction of Canterbury Cathedral
- 598 CEBirth of Brahmagupta
- 598 CEOrigins of St Augustine's Abbey
- 17 March 599 CEBirth of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
- c. 600 CEOrigins of Nottingham
- c. 600 CEOrigins of Derby
- from 600 CE to 900 CEWari
- c. 600 CEEruption of Sheveluch