100,000 written Chinese characters, the book covers land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops. Reports of the eruption of Krakatoa (Java), which possibly led to several years of climate change (see Extreme weather events of 535–536), are recorded in the Javanese Book of Kings. By topic Religion May 8 – Pope John II dies in Rome after a two-year reign, and is succeeded by Agapetus I as the 57th pope. He is sent on an embassy to Constantinople. Byzantine troops drive the extremist Monophysite party out of Alexandria, and establish Theodosius I as patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Anthimus I becomes patriarch of Constantinople (535–536). A Christian basilica is completed at Leptis Magna in North Africa. Meteorology The weather is reported to be unusually cold and dark in multiple parts of the world; see Extreme weather events of 535–536. Births Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of the prophet Muhammad, father of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (d. 619) Evagrius Scholasticus, Syrian scholar (approximate date) Sigebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date) Theudebald, king of Austrasia (approximate date) Xiao Zhao Di, emperor of Northern Qi (d. 561) Deaths May 8 – Pope John II June 5 – Epiphanius, patriarch of Constantinople Eugippius, disciple and biographer Timothy III, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Xie He, Chinese writer and art historian (approximate date) Xu Mian, official of the Liang Dynasty (b. 466) Xiao Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 510) References