536 year

The first of three strong volcanic eruptions (the next two are in 540 and 547 years) in Iceland , which allegedly caused the onset of a late Antique small ice age . At this time, the fog plunged Europe, the Middle East and part of Asia into darkness. A strange phenomenon lasted both day and night for 18 months. “It was the beginning of one of the worst periods for life, if not the worst year,” says Michael McCormick of Harvard University . Procopius of Caesarea wrote: "For almost the whole year the sun gave off a poor light, darkening like a moon, and what happened was like an eclipse." Temperatures in the summer of 536 years fell by 1.5-2.5 ° C, marking the beginning of the coldest decade in the last 2300 years. Worldwide, droughts and crop failures became frequent ^[1] , and in the summer snow fell in China , the crop did not grow, people were starving. Irish Chronicles recorded a poor harvest of bread from 536 to 539 years. In combination with the plague epidemic, it plunged Europe into stagnation , which lasted until 640 ^{[2] [3] [4]} .

• I year post-consul Belisarius (in the East); II year post-consul Paulina ( Flavius ​​Decius Paulinus Iunior ) (in the West).
• Belisarius landed in Sicily with a small army of 7,500 soldiers and with a significant personal squad to prepare for the invasion of Italy.
• July - the first landings of Byzantines take place in the south of Italy.
• Autumn - Belisarius in Sicily; Sicily is turned into a province , at the head of it is a praetor.
• Mid November - storming of Naples . Theodahad was assassinated by conspirators; the throne was seized by Vitiges .
• 536-540 - the king of the Ostrogoth Vitiges.
• The night of December 10th is the capture by Belisarius of Rome.
• Patricius Hermann replaced Solomon as pretoria prefect in Africa.
• The Constantinople Local Council passes against the Monophysites .
• Begin construction of the temple of Sts. Apostles in Constantinople.
• Alemannius was placed under the control of the duke appointed by the king of Austrasia .
• 536–537 - Dad of St. Silveri .
• The conquest of the Franks of Southern Burgundy (Arles, Marseille), as well as Constanta. Ostrogot gave way to the Franks.
• Justinian's decision to attach the lands of the Vandals to the fiscus. Legions in Africa revolted and declared the commander of the soldier Stoetz; the army Stotsy laid siege to Carthage . Belisarius arrived in Africa, the rebels departed from Carthage. Stos was joined by slaves and vandals; a fierce war began.
• 536–538 — famine that killed 80% of the population of northern China.
• 536-538 - the war between the Western and Eastern Wei.
• 536-538 - the war of Juan with the Teleuts .

• Agathias of Mirineus
• Evagrius Scholastic (or 535) - Antioch Lawyer
• Li Ezi (d. 588) - Chinese empress of Northern Zhou , mother of Xuan-di .

• Theodochad - Ostrogoth Ruler (slain)
• April 22 - Agapit I (Pope)
• Mund , Byzantine General (in the battle in Dalmatia )
• Ankan - Japanese Emperor