Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century
Decades: 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s
Years: 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528
Events
- August 13 - John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius writes the Consolations of philosophy
- Leptis Magna sacked by Berber raiders
- Hilderic becomes king of the Vandals
- Justinian, later Byzantine emperor, marries Theodora
Deaths
- February 1 - Brigid of Ireland (Saint)
- August 6 - Pope Hormisdas
- Thrasamund, king of Vandals and Alans
- Philoxenus of Mabbog, Syrian theologian