500 Pre-Islamic poetry flourishes in Arabia (-622)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
Many big landlords have private military forces and prisons
Battle of Dijon - Clovis I defeats Burgundians
Compilation of Babylonian Talmud (-550)
Pandyas ruling at Madurai
Heptarchy of Anglo Saxon Kingdoms - Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Wessex, Sussex (-850)
De institutione musica Boethius
501 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
QI - (SOUTH) (479-)
502 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
LIANG + (SOUTH) (-556)
503 Battle of Mount Badon - Britons under war leader Arthur defeat Saxons
War between Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Persia (-505)
504 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
505 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
Eugenius, exiled Bishop of Carhtage, dies at Albi
Heruls subdue the Lombards
Adils - (Sweden) (460-) Yngling
Eystein + (Sweden) (-531) Yngling
Lawrence (antipope) - (498-)
Belisaurius 505-565 Byzantine General
Eugenius -505 Bishop of Carthage
506 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
507 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
Battle of Vouille - Clovis with the help of Burgundians defeats Alaric II - extends realm south to Pyrenees (Spr.)
Franks conquer Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse in Southern France
Alaric II - (Visigoth Kingdom) (484-)
508 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
Lombards destroy the Heruls
Amalaric + (Visigoth Kingdom) (508-531)
509 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
510 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
BATTLE OF MONS BADONICUS (BADON HILL) ... Romano-British/Celts vs. Anglo-Saxon invaders
511 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Merovingian Kingdom split into four parts after death of Clovis - each of his sons ruling one portion
Clovis I - (Frankish Kingdom) (481-) (s. Childeric I) Merovingian
Childebert I + (Paris) (511-558) (s. Clovis) Merovingian
Theodoric I + (Austrasia) (511-534) (s. Clovis) Merovingian
Clodomir + (Orleans) (-524) (s. Clovis) Merovingian
Clotaire I + (Neustria) (511-561)(s. Clovis) Merovingian
Clovis I 466-511 Merovingian King
512 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Solar eclipse according to Marcellinus Comes (6/29)
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Flavian II, Patriarch of Antioch is deposed and replaced by Severus
Earliest known dated text in Arabic from Zebed, Syria
Anastasius starts favoring his own Monophysite beliefs over other creeds
Mt. Vesuvius erupts again
Island nation of Usan-guk is conquered by Lee Sabu. general of the Korean Silla Dynasty
St. David 512- Patron Saint of Wales
513 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
514 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Jayavarman I - (Funan Kingdom)
Rudravarman + (Funan Kingdom)
Symmachus - (Patriarchate of Rome) (498-)
Hormisdas + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-523)
515 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
De consolatione philosophiae (Boethius)
De musica Boethius
516 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DYNASTIES PERIOD ... (420-589) Chinese Civil War
Council of Tarragona - held by Archbishop John of Tarragona - assembles all bishops of province (11/6)
Athalaric, future King of the Ostrogoths is born
Cnebba ... (Kingdom of the Iclingas) (501-566) King (g.s. Eomer)
Cadwallon I ... (Kingdom of Gwynedd) (500-534) King
Octa ... (Kingdom of Kent) (512-540) King
Esa... (Kingdom of Berbicia) (???-525)
Clotaire I ... (Neustria) (511-561) (s. Clovis) Merovingian
Childebert I ... (Paris) (511-558) (s. Clovis) Merovingian
Clodomir ... (Orleans) (511-524) (s. Clovis) (Merovingian)
Amalaric ... (Visigoth Kingdom) (508-531) King
Gundibald - (Kingdom of Burgundy) (473-516) King
Sigismund + (Kingdom of Burgundy) (516-524) King
Theodoric I ... (Austrasia) (511-534) (s. Clovis) Merovingian
Theodoric the Great ... (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (471-526) King
Hormisdas ... (Patriarchate of Rome) (514-523) Pope
Anastasius I ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (491-518) Emperor
Severus ... (Patriarchate of Antioch)(Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch.) (512-538)
John III (II) - (Patriarchate of Alexandria) (505-516) Pope
Dioscorus II + (Patriarchate of Alexandria) (516-535) Pope
Thrasamund ... (Vandal Kingdom) (496-523) King
Kavadh I ... (Sassanian Empire) (499-531)2 Emperor
Mihirakula ... (Huna Kingdom) (510-543) King (Indo-Hepthalite)
Xiaoming ... (Northern Wei Dynasty) (515-528) Emperor
Wu ... (Liang Dynasty ) (502-549) Emperor
Muryeong ... (Baekje Kingdom) (501-523) 25th King
Beopheung ... (Silla Kingdom) (514-540) 23rd King
Munjamyeong ... (Goryeo Kingdom) (491-519) 21st King
Keitai ... (Yamato Japan) (507-531) 26th Emperor
517 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Slavic tribes begin to cross the Danube into the Balkans
518 The Buddhas Prabhutaratna and Shakya-muni (Chinese Bronze figurines)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Anastasius I - (Eastern Roman Empire) (491-518)
Justin I + (Byzantine Empire) (-527) Eastern Roman
519 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Formula of Hormisdas - Patriarchate of Constantinople reconciles with Rome end of Acacian Schism-
520 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Kingdom of East Anglia forms with fusion of North and South Folk
521 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
522 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
523 Buddha accompanied by Bodhisattvas and disciples (Wan Fo Ssu) (Liang Dyn.)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Clodomir defeats and murders Sigismund, Catholic king of Burgundy - has him thrown down a well
Dionysius Exiguus devises AD system based on birth of Jesus - later used and spread by Bede (673-735)
Justinian marries Theodora
Thrasamund - (Vandal Kingdom) (496-523)
(C)Hilderic + (Vandal Kingdom) (-530) North Africa
Hormisdas - (Patriarchate of Rome) (514-523) Pope
John I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-526)
524 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Battle of Vezeronce - Burgundians under king Godomar kill Clodomir - hack off his head and put it on a stake
Kingdom of Orleans is divided by Theodoric I, Childebert I and Clotaire I after Clodomir's death
Clotaire I is chief instigator of the murder of Clodomir's children
War between Byzantine Empire and Persia (-531)
Clodomir - (Orleans) (511-524) King (Merovingian)
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus 480-524
525 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Ethiopians hold Sheba - Yemen and the Hadramaut (-570)
526
Basilica di San Vitale at Ravenna begins construction at pre-existing shrine) (526-546)
Haggia Sophia construction begins (526-565)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Athalaric succeeds his grandfather Theodoric the Great as king of the Ostrogoths - daughter Amalasuntha regent
Theodoric the Great - (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (471-526) King
Athalaric + (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (-534)
John I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (523-)
Felix IV (or III) + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-530)
Theodoric the Great 454-526 King of the Ostrogoths (Pannonia)
527 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
First Persian War of Justinian
Justin I - (Byzantine Empire) (518-)
Justinian + (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
528 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
529 Buddha Figure (Wan Fo Ssu Temple) (Liang Dynasty)
Law Code of Justinian in three volumes (-534)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
All pagans ordered to become Christians
Revolt of the Samaritans
Benedictine Order founded
Platonic Academy closed
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
530 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Christian Abyssinia's invasion of south Arabia
(C)Hilderic - (Vandal Kingdom) (523-) North Africa
Gelimer + (Vandal Kingdom) (-534) North Africa
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Felix IV (or III) - (Patriarchate of Rome) (526-)
Boniface II + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-532)
Dioscurus (antipope?) +- *****
531 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Clotaire I and Theodoric I march against the Thuringians
Amalaric - (Visigoth Kingdom) (508-)
Theudes + (Visigoth Kingdom)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Kavadh I - (Sassanian Empire) (499-531)2 Emperor
Khosrau I + (Sassanian Empire) (-579)
Eystein - (Sweden) (505-) Yngling
Yngvar + (Sweden) (-545) Yngling
532 Haggia Sophia begins - foundation stone laid
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Belisaurius helps suppress the Nika Riot (Blues and Greens)
Theodoric I ravages Clermont-Ferrand
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Boniface II - (Patriarchate of Rome) (530-)
533 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
NORTHERN WEI - (NORTH) (386-)
"Eternal Peace" signed between Byzantine Empire and Persia (532)
Beginning of Justinian's attempt to reconquer the west
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
John II + (-535)
534 Buggha with attendant Bodhisattvas (Yin Hua Hsien - China) (-550)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
EASTERN WEI + (NORTH) (534-549)
Clotaire I and Childebert I conquer the First Kingdom of Burgundy - King Godomar killed
Belisaurius conquers North African Vandal Kingdom (Carthage) for Byzantine Empire
Godomar - (Burgundy) (516-)
Athalaric - (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (526-)
Theodatus + (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (-536)
Theodoric I - (Austrasia) (511-) Merovingian (s. Clovis I)
Theodebert I + (Austrasia) (-548) Merovingian (s. Theodoric I)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Gelimer - (Vandal Kingdom) (530-) North Africa
Brunhilda 534-613 Queen (Frankish Kingdom)
Theodoric I -534 King of Austrasia
535 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
GOTHIC WAR + (535-554) Byzantine Empire vs. Ostrogoths/Fanks
WESTERN WEI + (NORTH) (535-557)
Byzantine forces begin to reconquer Italy under the forces of Belisaurius (535-554)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
John II - (Patriarchate of Rome) (533-)
Agapetus I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-536)
536 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Alemanni pass under Frankish rule
Belisaurius takes Naples and Rome
Theodatus - (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (534-536)
Vitiges + (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (536-540)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Agapetus I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (535-)
Silverius + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-537)
537 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Haggia Sophia destroyed by fire - foundation stone re-laid
Witiges’ Ostrogothic Seige of Rome – statues thrown on top of Goths in defense (e.g. Barberini Faun?)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Silverius - (Patriarchate of Rome) (536-)
Vigilius + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-555)
538 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Witiges, king of Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome leaving it to Belisaurius and retreats to Ravenna (3/12)
Gabran macDomangairt + (Dal Riata) King
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
539 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Goths severely damage Milan
540 The Transfiguration - Monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Fall of Milan - Belisaurius captures Milan
Fall of Ravenna - Belisaurius captures Ravenna
New war begins between Byzantine Empire and Persia (-562)
End of Gupta dynasty
Rise of Chalukyas at Vatapi
Vitiges - (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (536-)
Theodebald (Hildibald) +- (Ostrogothic Kingdom) *****
Eraric + (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (-541)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Gregory, Bishop of Tours 540-594 Historian
Gregory the Great 540-604
541 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Belisaurius fights an indecisive campaign against Khosru I of Persia (-542)
Eraric - (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (540-)
Tortila (Baduila) + (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (-552)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
542 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Clotaire I and brother Childebert I attack Visigoths in Spain
Plague epidemic in Byzantine Empire (-546)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
543 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Benedict 480-543
544 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Belisaurius sent back to Italy against Totila
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
545 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Yngvar - (Sweden) (531-) Yngling
Braut-Onund + (Sweden) (-565) Yngling
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Fredegunde 545-597 Frankish Queen
St. Clotilda -545 Frankish Queen
546 The Emperor Justinian and his Followers - S. Vitale, Ravenna (546-548)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Lombard resistance to the Gepids begins
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
547 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Justinian allows Lombards (Langobardi) to settle in Pannonia and Noricum (modern Hungary and East Austria)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
S. Vitale construction at Ravenna ends
548 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Belisaurius recalled by Justinian and replaced by Narses
Frode VII - (Denmark) (522-)
Halfdan III + (Denmark) (-580)
Theodebert I - (Austrasia) (534-) Merovingian (s. Theodoric I)
Theodebald + (Austrasia) (-555) Merovingian (s. Theodebert I)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Theodora -548 Byzantine Empress
549 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
EASTERN WEI - (NORTH) (534-)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
550 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
NORTHERN QI + (NORTH) (-577)
Gupta empire destroyed by White Hun invasion
Saint David exports Christianity to Wales
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Arya Bhata 476-550
551 The Buddha attended by Boddhisattvas and disciples (Ch'u Yang)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
552 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Buddhism introduced in Japan
Göktürk Empire Founded - Ashina clan overthrows the Juan Juan
Tortila (Baduila) - (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (541-)
Teias + (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (-553)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
553 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Italy under Byzantine Empire (-565)
Lombards aid the imperial attack on the Ostrogoths
Teias - (Ostrogothic Kingdom) (552-)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
554 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Belisarius temporarily reconquers southern Spain for Byzantine Empire
Justinian reforms Egypt's administration (553)
Theudes - (Visigoth Kingdom)
Athanagild + (Visigoth Kingdom) (-567)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
555 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Theodebald , Theodoric I's grandson, king of Austrasia dies
Theodebald - (Austrasia) (548-) Merovingian (s. Theodebert I)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Vigilius - (Patriarchate of Rome) (537-)
Theodebald I -555 Merovingian King of Austrasia
556 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
LIANG - (SOUTH) (502-)
CHEN + (SOUTH) (-588)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Pelagius I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-561)
557 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WESTERN WEI - (NORTH) (535-)
NORTHERN ZHOU + (NORTH)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
558 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Clotaire I temporarily unites his lands (Neustria) with Austrasia at the death of Childebert (-561)
Childebert I - (Frankish Empire)(Paris) (511-) (s. Clovis)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Childebert I -558
559 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Belisaurius returns from retirement to drive the Bulgarians from Constantinople
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
560 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Clotaire I marches into Brtittany against his son Chramm -
Avars arrive in Lombard territory from the Volga River
Samaritans and Jews join in revolt
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
561 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Clotaire I goes on a pilgrimage to St. Martin's Church in Tours to repent his sins
Clotaire I dies - falls ill while
hunting in the forest of Cuise
Clotaire I's kingdom is divided among his four sons into 3 kingdoms - Neustria, Burgundy, Austrasia
War betweeen Neustria and Austrasia
Clotaire I - (Nuestria) (511-) (s. Clovis) at Soissons
Chilperic I + (Nuestria) (-584) (s. Clotaire I) at Soissons
Charibert + (Paris) (-567) (s. Clotaire I) at Paris
Guntran + (Burgundy) (-593) (s. Clotaire I) at Orleans
Sigebert I + (Austrasia ) (-575) (s. Clotaire I) at Metz
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Pelagius I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (556-)
John III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-574)
Clotaire I 497-561 Frankish King
562 Paired figures of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Ch'u Yang)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Avars enter Thuringia
Sigebert I moves his capital from Reims to Metz due to incursions by the Avars (related to the Huns)
Sigebert I repels attacks by the Avars
Huns invade Gaul aftetr death of Clotaire I
Belisaurius accused of conspiracy and temporarily imprisoned - shortly restored to favor
End of effective Japanese power in Korea
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
563 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Iona monastery founded by Irish monk St. Columba - begins conversion of Picts to Christianity
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
564 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Justinian ... (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
565 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Avars allied with the Lombards annihilate the Gepids
Justinian - (Byzantine Empire) (527-565) Emperor
Justin II + (Byzantine Empire) (-578) nephew of Justinian
Braut-Onund - (Sweden) (545-) Yngling
Ingiald Illrada + (Sweden) (-623) Yngling
Belisaurius 505-565 Byzantine General
Justinian 483-565 Byzantine Emperor
566 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
567 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Chilperic I murders his wife Galswintha, sister of Brunhilda, his brother Sigebert I's wife
Kingdom of Neustria created at the demise of one of Clotaire I's sons (Charibert) - Sigebert I gains territory
Charibert - (Frankish Empire)(Paris) (561-) (s. Clotaire I)
Athanagild - (Visigoth Kingdom) (554-)
Theodomir + (Visigoth Kingdom) (-571)
568 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Lombard invasion and conquest of northern Italy under Alboin
Sigebert I repels attacks by the Avars
Avars dominant along the Danube
Alboin + (Lombard Kingdom) (-573)
569 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Lombard kingdom founded by Alcuin with Pavia as its capital
570 Standing Buddha (Wan Fo Ssu Temple) (Northern Chou Dynasty)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
+ - Abraha, Christian king of AksumiteYemen marches upon the Kaaba in order to destroy it
Childebert II 570-595 King (Austrasia) (s. Sigebert I)
Muhammed 570-632 Prophet
571 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Theodomir - (Visigoth Kingdom) (567-)
Leuva + (Visigoth Kingdom) (-572)
572 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Visigoths conquer Spain
Sheba (Arabia) becomes a Persian province (-628)
War between Byzantine Empire and Persia (-591)
Leuva - (Visigoth Kingdom) (571-)
Leuvigild + (Visigoth Kingdom) (-586)
573 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Chilperic I of Neustria attacks Austrasia - Sigebert I overruns Neustria
Pavia becomes Lomard capital
Alboin - (Lombard Kingdom) (568-)
Cleph + (Lombard Kingdom) (-575)
574 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
John III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (561-)
Benedict I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-579)
575 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
After Cleph dies, no king elected in Lombardy and the kingdom fell under disunited rule of 36 "dukes" (-584)
King Sigebert is murdered under orders from Fredegund
Sigebert I - (Kingdom of Austrasia) (561-) Merovingian (murdered)
Childebert II + (Austrasia )(Burgundy) (-596) and
Cleph - (Lombard Kingdom) (573-)
Cassiodorus 488-575
576 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
577 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Battle of Deorham - Anglo-Saxons gain three cities
Northern Qi Dynasty in North China ends
578 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
The Slavs reach the Peloponnese
Justin II - (Byzantine Empire) (565-) nephew of Justinian
Tiberius II + (Byzantine Empire) (-582)
579 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Khosrau I - (Sassanian Empire) (531-)
Ormizd IV + (Sassanian Empire) (-590)
Benedict I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (574-)
Pelagius II + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-590)
580 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Dysentary decimates the inhabitants of Gaul (8)
Halfdan III - (Denmark) (548-)
Rorik Slyngebaud + (Denmark) (-588)
Maximus the Confessor 580-622
581 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
SUI + (-618)
Wen Ti former chief minister of the Chou founds Sui Dynasty in China
582 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Tiberius II - (Byzantine Empire) (578-)
Maurice + (Byzantine Empire) (-602)
583 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
584 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia founded in England
Lombard nobles unite and elect Cleph's son Autharis as king to defend against Franks, Byzantines and popes
Autharis + (Lombard Kingdom) (-590)
Chilperic I - (Frankish Empire) (Nuestria) (561-) (s. Clotaire I) murdered
Fredegunde + (Frankish Empire) (Nuestria) (-597) regent
Clotaire II + (Frankish Empire) (Nuestria) (-628)
585 The Bodhisattva Kuan-yin (T'ang Dynasy Sculpture)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Visigoths conquer kingdom of the Suevi in Galicia
Columbanus 585-615 Irish Missionary
586 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Leuvigild - (Visigoth Kingdom) (572-)
Recared + (Visigoth Kingdom) (-601)
587 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Recared, king of the Visigoths converts to Christianity - ends hostility between Arian Spain and Catholic Gaul
Radegund -587 Thuringian Princess
588 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
CHEN - (SOUTH) (556-)
Rorik Slyngebaud - (Denmark) (580-)
Ivar Vidfadme + (Denmark) (-647)
589 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Council of Toledo - Catholic bishops in Spain gain power
Arabs, Khazars, and Turks invade Persia but are defeated
Sui Dynasty begins - Wen Ti reunites two halves of China again by conquering southern Ch'en
590 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Irish monastery Luxeuil founded in Gaul
Autharis - (Lombard Kingdom) (584-)
Theodelinda + (Lombard Kingdom) (-591)
Ormizd IV - (Sassanian Empire) (579-)
Khosrau II Parvez +- (Sassanian Empire) ***** first reign
Bahram VI Chobin + (Sassanian Empire) (-591)
Pelagius II - (Patriarchate of Rome) (579-)
Gregory I The Great + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-604)
591 History of the Franks (Gregory of Tours)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Authari's widow Theodolinda chooses Agilulf, a Thuringian, to become Lombard king - true state founder
Theodelinda - (Lombard Kingdom) (590-)
Agilulf + (Lombard Kingdom) (-615)
Bahram VI Chobin - (Sassanian Empire) (590-)
Khosrau II Parvez + (Sassanian Empire) (-628) second reign
Bistam + (Sassanian Empire) (-596) rebel in Media
592 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Burgundy and Austrasia united under influence of Brunhilda after death of Guntram
593 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Guntran - (Burgundy) (561-) (s. Clotaire I) at Orleans
Suiko + (Japan) Empress
594 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Gregory, Bishop of Tours 540-594 Historian
595 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Childebert II 570-595 King (Austrasia)
596 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Gregory the Great dispatches the monk St. Augustine to "heathen" Kent
Childebert II - (Austrasia) (575-)
Theodebert II + (France) (-612)
Thierry II + (France) (-613)
Bistam - (Sassanian Empire) (591-) rebel in Media
597 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
St. Augustine lands in England and converts kingdom of Kent to Christianity
Fredegunde - (Frankish Empire) (Nuestria) (584-) regent
Fredegunde 545-597 Frankish Queen
598 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Brahmagupta 598-660
599 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)