What happened in 562?
3 recorded events in 562, including 2 in empires & countries and 1 in politics & government.
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Politics & Government 1
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Fifty-Year Peace Treaty
562 treaty between the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires
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Empires & Countries 2
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Avar Khaganate founded
Avar Khaganate was founded, with its capital at Timișoara.
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Gaya confederacy dissolved
Gaya confederacy ceased to exist.
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 562.
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Battle of Melantias
559 battle of the Byzantine-Kutrigur war
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Battle by the Anastasian Wall
559 battle
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Battle of Chettos
Battle of Chettos (Wars & Conflicts).
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Simplicius of Cilicia died
6th-century Greek pagan philosopher
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Battle of Gol-Zarriun
Battle that dissolved the Hephthalite Empire
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Jordanes died
Late Roman historian and writer, author of Getica
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Pelagius I died
Pope
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Battle of Cúl Dreimhne
Historical battle in Ireland
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Iona Abbey
Abbey in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Justinian I died
Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)
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Belisarius died
6th century Byzantine general instrumental in reconquest of much of the former Roman Mediterranean territories (505-565)
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Procopius died
6th-century historian
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