580
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 580 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 580 DLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1333 |
| Armenian calendar | 29 ԹՎ ԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5330 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 501–502 |
| Bengali calendar | −13 |
| Berber calendar | 1530 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1124 |
| Burmese calendar | −58 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6088–6089 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3277 or 3070 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3278 or 3071 |
| Coptic calendar | 296–297 |
| Discordian calendar | 1746 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 572–573 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4340–4341 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 636–637 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 501–502 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3680–3681 |
| Holocene calendar | 10580 |
| Iranian calendar | 42 BP – 41 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 43 BH – 42 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 469–470 |
| Julian calendar | 580 DLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 2913 |
| Minguo calendar | 1332 before ROC 民前1332年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −888 |
| Seleucid era | 891/892 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1122–1123 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 706 or 325 or −447 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 707 or 326 or −446 |
Year 580 (DLXXX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 580 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- The Roman Senate sends an embassy to Constantinople with a gift (3,000 pounds of gold) to emperor Tiberius II Constantine, along with a plea for help against the Lombards.
- The Slavs begin to migrate into the Balkan Peninsula. The Avars under king (khagan) Bayan I invade the Lower Danube (modern Bulgaria).
- Siege of Sirmium: The Avars march to the right bank of the River Sava and besiege the Byzantine stronghold of Sirmium (Pannonia).
Europe
- The Lombards drive the last Ostrogoths across the Alps (Northern Italy). During the "Rule of the Dukes" the Lombards adopt Roman titles, names, and traditions.[1]
- King Liuvigild calls for an Arian synod in Toledo (central Spain), which modified several doctrines; he tries to unify the Christians within the Visigothic Kingdom.
Britain
- Æthelberht succeeds his father Eormenric as king (bretwalda) of Kent (approximate date).
Asia
- The Northern Zhou Dynasty, strategically based in the basin of the Wei River, is supreme in Northern China. In the south only the Chen Dynasty remain a rival.[2]
- The Chinese city of Ye (Henan) is razed to the ground by Yang Jian, future founder of the Sui Dynasty, who defeats a resistance force under Yuchi Jiong.
By topic
Religion
- Gregory of Tours is brought before a council of bishops on charges of slandering the Frankish queen Fredegund (approximate date).
Births
- Cadfan ap Iago, king of Gwynedd (approximate date)
- Clemen ap Bledric, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)
- Dayi Daoxin, Chán Buddhist patriarch (d. 651)
- Didier of Cahors, Frankish bishop (approximate date)
- Maximus the Confessor, monk and theologian (d. 662)
- Pepin the Elder, Frankish Mayor of the Palace (d. 640)
- Wei Zheng, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 643)
Deaths
- Audovera, wife of Chilperic I (approximate date)
- Bacurius III, king of Iberia (Georgia)
- Eormenric, king of Kent (approximate date)
- Gao Anagong, high official of Northern Qi
- Martin of Braga, missionary and archbishop
- Wei Xiaokuan, general of Western Wei (b. 509)
- Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 559)
- Yuchi Jiong, general of Northern Zhou