2nd January » Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the Pope called papacy.
21st June » A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa (Roman province) e.g Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
9th September » A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Chebba e.g Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.
13th September » Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
15th December » Vandalic War: Byzantine Empire or Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
Famous Deaths in History for 533
13th January » Saint Remigius, French bishop (b. 437)