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◄ | 5th century | 6th century | 7th century | ► ◄ | 540 | 550 | 560s | 570er | 580er | 590er | 600 | ► ◄ ◄ | ◄ | 573 | 574 | 575 | 576 | 577 | 578 | 579 | 580 | 581 | ► | ► ►

Heads of State

Year of the Fire Rooster丁酉( at the beginning of the year Fire Monkey丙申)

Era of Diocletian: 293/294 ( year November )

Syria: 888/889 (October)

Events

Europe

  • Battle of Deorham ( Dyrham in Wiltshire? ): The Anglo-Saxons defeat the British, whose dominion is then reduced to the three mutually separated parts Cornwall, Wales and Scotland.
  • Merovingian Heresy: Fredegunde can Merowech II murdering the son of Chilperic I. King of Neustria and husband of her rival Brunechildis. Merowech is buried in St. Vincent ( Paris).
  • The Lombard Duke of Benevento Zotto can devastate parts of Campania. We also find the monastery of Monte Cassino is destroyed.

Asia

  • Southern and Northern Dynasties: In China, the Northern Qi dynasty ends.
  • The later Byzantine Emperor Justinian Maurikios obtained as the successor to the command of an army to the Persian front.

Died

  • Brendan, the traveler, Irish saint (* 484 )
  • Merowech II, ruler of the Salian Franks in the room Brabant
  • 577: Amina bint Wahb, mother of the Prophet Mohammed
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