566
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Gregorian calendar | 566 DLXVI |
Ab urbe condita | 1319 |
Armenian calendar | 15 ԹՎ ԺԵ |
Assyrian calendar | 5316 |
Balinese saka calendar | 487–488 |
Bengali calendar | −27 |
Berber calendar | 1516 |
Buddhist calendar | 1110 |
Burmese calendar | −72 |
Byzantine calendar | 6074–6075 |
Chinese calendar | Ất dậuNiên (WoodRooster) 3263 or 3056 — to — Bính tuất niên (FireDog) 3264 or 3057 |
Coptic calendar | 282–283 |
Discordian calendar | 1732 |
Ethiopian calendar | 558–559 |
Hebrew calendar | 4326–4327 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 622–623 |
-Shaka Samvat | 487–488 |
-Kali Yuga | 3666–3667 |
Holocene calendar | 10566 |
Iranian calendar | 56 BP – 55 BP |
Islamic calendar | 58 BH – 57 BH |
Javanese calendar | 454–455 |
Julian calendar | 566 DLXVI |
Korean calendar | 2899 |
Minguo calendar | 1346 beforeROC Dân tiền 1346 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −902 |
Seleucid era | 877/878AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1108–1109 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm mộc kê niên (female Wood-Rooster) 692 or 311 or −461 — to — Dương hỏa cẩu niên (male Fire-Dog) 693 or 312 or −460 |
566(DLXVI) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 566 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- AByzantine army,under command ofBaduarius,assists theGepidsin their war against theLombards.TheByzantineswin the first battle in the lowerDanube(Moesia), but Gepid KingCunimundrefuses to hand back the fortress city ofSirmium(modernSerbia), as he had promised.
- EmperorJustin II,facing an emptytreasury,breaks the treaty with the Gepids that has existed since565.KingAlboinof the Lombards makes analliancewith theAvarsunderBayan I,at the expense of tough conditions. They demand a tenth of the Lombards'cattleand half of the warbooty.
- Justin II sends his cousinJustintoexileinAlexandria,where he is installed asAugustal prefectofEgypt.There he is murdered in his sleep, and his head is cut off and brought toConstantinople(most likely by assignment of EmpressSophia).[1]
Europe
[edit]- Ainmuire mac SétnaibecomesHigh King of Ireland,and rules from 566–569 (this according to theBook of Leinster).
Francia
[edit]- A poet from Italy namedVenantius Fortunatusarrives at theMerovingiancourt atMetz.With a strong grasp of traditional Roman poetry, Fortunatus impresses and entertains the Frankish royalty and aristocracy. The success of a Latin poet in Francia suggests that Roman culture persisted well after the Roman Empire disintegrated in Gaul in the late 5th century.[2]
Asia
[edit]- Fei Di,age 12, succeeds his fatherWen Di,as emperor of the ChineseChen dynasty.He honors his grand-auntZhang Yao'erwith the title ofGrand Empress,and she becomes hisregent.
- Kirtivarman Isucceeds his fatherPulakeshin Ias king of theChalukya dynasty(India). During his rule he completes the subjugation of theKadambasand annexes the port ofGoa.
Unidentified
[edit]- A majorvolcanic eruptionoccurs in the Antarctic.[3]
Births
[edit]- Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib,uncle ofMuhammad(approximate date)
- Li Yuan,Emperor Gaozuof theTang dynasty(d.635)
- Xiao,empress of theSui dynasty(approximate date)
- Yuchi Chifan,empress ofNorthern Zhou(d.595)
Deaths
[edit]- Domnall Ilchelgach,High King of Ireland
- Forggus mac Muirchertaig,High King
- Justin,Byzantine aristocrat and general
- Pulakeshin I,king of theChalukya dynasty(India)
- Wen Di,emperor of theChen dynasty(b.522)