580

This article is about the year 580. For other uses, see580 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	560s 570s 580s 590s 600s
Years:	577 578 579 580 581 582 583

580 in variouscalendars

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	Kỷ hợiNiên (EarthPig) 3277 or 3070 — to — Canh tử niên (MetalRat) 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 beforeROC Dân tiền 1332 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−888
Seleucid era	891/892AG
Thai solar calendar	1122–1123
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ trư niên (female Earth-Pig) 706 or 325 or −447 — to — Dương kim thử niên (male Iron-Rat) 707 or 326 or −446

Year580(DLXXX) was aleap year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 580 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• TheRoman Senatesends anembassytoConstantinople,with a gift (3,000 pounds ofgold) to EmperorTiberius II Constantine,along with a plea for help against theLombards.
• TheSlavsbegin tomigrateinto theBalkan Peninsula.TheAvars,under King (khagan)Bayan I,invade the LowerDanube(modernBulgaria).
• Siege of Sirmium:The Avars march to the right bank of theRiver Sava,and besiege theByzantinestronghold ofSirmium(Pannonia).

Europe

• The Lombards drive the lastOstrogothsacross theAlps(Northern Italy). During the "Rule of the Dukes"the Lombards adopt Roman titles, names, and traditions.
• KingLiuvigildcalls for anAriansynod inToledo(centralSpain), which modifies severaldoctrines;he tries to unify theChristianswithin theVisigothic Kingdom.

Britain

• Æthelberhtsucceeds his fatherEormenricas king (bretwalda) ofKent(approximate date).

Asia

• TheNorthern Zhou dynasty,strategically based in the basin of theWei River,is supreme inNorthern China.In the south only theChen dynastyremains a rival.
• The Chinese city ofYe(Henan) is razed to the ground byYang Jian,future founder of theSui dynasty,who defeats a resistance force underYuchi Jiong.

By topic

Religion

• Gregory of Toursis brought before a council ofbishops,on charges of slandering theFrankishqueenFredegund(approximate date).

Births

• Abdel Rahman ibn Awf,companion ofMuhammad
• Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi,companion of Muhammad
• Cadfan ap Iago,king ofGwynedd(approximate date)
• Clemen ap Bledric,king ofDumnonia(approximate date)
• Dayi Daoxin,ChánBuddhistpatriarch(d.651)
• Didier of Cahors,Frankishbishop(approximate date)
• Fabia Eudokia,Byzantine empress (approximate date)
• Livinus,Irishapostle(approximate date)
• Maximus the Confessor,monkandtheologian(d.662)
• Pepin the Elder,FrankishMayor of the Palace(d.640)
• Umm Salama,wife of Muhammad (approximate date)
• Wei Zheng,chancellor of theTang dynasty(d.643)

Deaths

• Audovera,wife ofChilperic I(approximate date)
• Bacurius III,king ofIberia(Georgia)
• Eormenric,king ofKent(approximate date)
• Galam Cennalath,king of thePicts
• Gao Anagong,high official ofNorthern Qi
• Martin of Braga,missionaryandarchbishop
• Wei Xiaokuan,general ofWestern Wei(b.509)
• Xuan Di,emperor ofNorthern Zhou(b.559)
• Yuchi Jiong,general of Northern Zhou