2 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (2)
It was institutionalized that prefectures could not carry out death sentences on their own; the Dali Court had to review them. (Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals 隋書 卷002 帝紀 開皇12年8月)
In the eleventh month of the fifth year, Soga no Umako has Yamato no Aya no Atai Koma assassinate the emperor, and that very day he is buried at Kurahashi (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿一 崇峻紀 5年 단락30)
Changes of power ◆
Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.
◆ Karkota dynasty appears
◆ Chen dynasty ends
◆ Sui dynasty takes 1,017,700 km² of former Chen dynasty land
◆ Byzantine Empire takes 130,500 km² of former Sasanian Empire land
◆ Chen dynasty loses 1,017,700 km² to Sui dynasty
◆ Sasanian Empire loses 130,500 km² to Byzantine Empire