533

Centuries:	5th century · 6th century · 7th century
Decades:	500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s
Years:	530 531 532 533 534 535 536

533 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

June 21 – Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in North Africa.
September 13—Battle of Ad Decimum: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected.
December 15—The Battle of Tricamarum begins, and Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia.
December 16—The Digesta or Pandectae, a collection of jurist writings and other sources, is completed (see Corpus Juris Civilis).

January 2—Pope John II succeeds Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532, as the 56th pope.