Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Chapters: 550 deaths, 551 deaths, 552 deaths, 553 deaths, 554 deaths, 555 deaths, 556 deaths, 557 deaths, 558 deaths, 559 deaths, Totila, Gelimer, Pope Vigilius, Bumin Qaghan, Childebert I, Yuwen Tai, Aryabhata, Hou Jing, Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi, Emperor Yuan of Liang, Emperor Jianwen of Liang, Emperor Wu of Chen, Wang Sengbian, Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei, Emperor Wen of Western Wei, Xiao Ji, Xiao Yuanming, Germanus, Helier, Gubazes II of Lazica, Leonard of Noblac, Aratius, Wang Wei, Emperor Jing of Liang, Liberius, Aba I, Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou, Emperor Fei of Western Wei, Albinus of Angers, Emperor Gong of Western Wei, Xiao Dong, Empress Erzhu Ying'e, Cyriacus the Anchorite, Ida of Bernicia, Anatolius, Chararic, Mihr-Mihroe, Seong of Baekje, Xiao Daqi, Gal I, Genebald, Hilary of Galeata, Turismod, Eustathius of Mtskheta, Cybi, Buddhapalita, Anicius Maximus, Dacius of Milan, Maximianus of Ravenna, Galla of Rome, Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, Yangwon of Goguryeo, Fergnae mac Oengusso Ibdaig, Saint Hervé, Yujiulü Anagui, Eochaid mac Condlai, Empress Dugu, Martha, mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger, Severinus of Sanseverino and Victorinus of Camerino, Cassius of Narni, Theudebald, Empress Yuwen, Teia, Columba of Terryglass, Paternus, Agila I, John the Silent, Cyril of Scythopolis, Ailill Inbanda, Feradach mac Ross, Lý Thiên B¿o, Herculanus of Brescia, Echu Tirmcharna, Romanus of Subiaco, Abraham of Kratia, Leobinus, Sacerdos of Lyon, Desideratus, Saint Aurelianus. Excerpt: Yuwen Tai (Chinese: ; pinyin: Yuwén Tài) (507¿556), nickname Heita (¿¿), formally Duke Wen of Anding (¿¿¿¿), later further posthumously honored by Northern Zhou initially as Prince Wen (¿¿) then as Emperor Wen (¿¿¿) with the temple name Taizu (¿¿), was the paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei state Western Wei, a branch successor state of Northern Wei. In 534, Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, seeking to assert power independent of the paramount general Gao Huan, fled to Yuwen's domain, and when Gao subsequently proclaimed Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei emperor, a split of Northern Wei was effected, and when Yuwen subsequently poisoned Emperor Xiaowu to death around the new year 535 and declared his cousin Yuan Baoju emperor (as Emperor Wen), the split was formalized, with the part under Gao's and Emperor Xiaojing's control known as Eastern Wei and the part under Yuwen's and Emperor Wen's control known as Western Wei. For the rest of his life, Yuwen endeavored to make Western Wei, then much weaker than its eastern counterpart, a strong state, and after his death, his son Yuwen Jue seized the throne from Emperor Gong of Western Wei, establishing Northern Zhou. Yuwen Tai was born in 507, and was a descendant of the last chieftain of the Xianbei Yuwen tribe Yuwen Yidougui, whose tribe was destroyed by Murong Huang, the founding ruler of Former Yan. Yuwen Yidougui's descendants served as generals during Former Yan and its successor state Later Yan. Later, when Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei defeated the Later Yan emperor Murong Bao (Emperor Huimin), Yuwen Tai's great-great-grandfather Yuwen Ling (¿¿¿) surrendered to Northern Wei, and was relocated to Wuchuan (¿¿, in modern Hohhot, Inner Mongolia). Yuwen Tai's father Yuwen Gong (¿¿¿) was known for his ability in battle. In 524, with Northern Wei's northern provinces overrun by agrarian rebels, Wuchuan was being held by one of the major rebels, Poliuhan Baling (¿¿¿¿¿). ...
