What happened in 551?
4 recorded events in 551, including 2 in people, 1 in disasters & pandemics and 1 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of Archaeopolis
551 battle
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People 2
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Aurelianus of Arles died
French saint and archbishop
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Li Hu died
One of the eight Zhu guo generals of Northern Wei (Warring States period); Tang Taizu Jing huangdi (d. 551)
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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551 Beirut earthquake
Earthquake
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 551.
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Siege of Rome
549–550 siege of Rome during the Gothic War
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Wu died
Founding Liang emperor from 502 to 549
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Gao Cheng died
Chinese emperor
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Aryabhata died
Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
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Basilica of San Vitale
Minor basilica in Ravenna, Italy
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Cosmas Indicopleustes died
6th-century Greek traveller and merchant
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Menas of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constatinople
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Battle of Taginae
552 battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom during the Gothic War
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Battle of Mons Lactarius
552 battle between Byzantine Empire and Ostrogothic Kingdom during Gothic War
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Second Council of Constantinople
Council of the Christian church held from held from 5 May to 2 June 553
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Siege of Urviventus
553 siege during the Gothic War of 535–554
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Zacharias Rhetor died
5th–6th century Bishop of Mytilene
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