532

532 was a leap year.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 5th century6th century7th century
Decades: 500s  510s  520s 530s 540s  550s  560s
Years: 529 530 531532533 534 535

Events

  • January 11Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral is destroyed. They are put down a week later by Belisarius and Mundus; up to 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
  • Justinian I orders the building of a new cathedral – beginning of the construction of the Hagia Sophia.
  • Justinian signs a peace treaty with the Sassanian shah Chosroes I.

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