The world in 527 AD — what happened that year

10 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Ge Rong took Jizhou and captured the governor Yuan Fu. (History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals 北史卷4 孝昌3年)
The emperor went to Dongtai Temple and performed the act of self-renunciation. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷3 大通元年三月)
Yuan Qinghe, prefect of Dongyuzhou for Wei, surrendered Guoyang. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷3 大通元年十月)
Xiao Yuanzao was made commander of the northern campaign and General Who Pacifies the North, and was stationed at Guoyang. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷3 大通元年十一月)
Wei Dongyu Governor Yuan Qinghe submitted Guoyang, and Xiao Zao was stationed at Guoyang. (History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals 南史卷7 大通1年)
Xiao Baoyin, governor of Yongzhou, rebelled and called his state Qi. (Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals 魏書卷9·孝昌三年)
Ge Rong took Jizhou and drove out its residents; six or seven out of every ten died of cold. (Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals 魏書卷9·孝昌三年)
In the sixth month of the twenty-first year, Ōmi no Kenanoomi leads sixty thousand troops to Imna, aiming to restore Minamikara and Tokitan, which Silla had broken (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀卷第十七継体紀 21年 단락35)

In the eighth month, the emperor issues an edict ordering Mononobe no Arakahi to attack the rebel Iwai (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀卷第十七継体紀 21年 단락36)

Justinian orders Belisarius to build a fortress at Mindouos, near the Persian border by Nisibis. (Procopius, History of the Wars 1.13.2)