573

This article is about the year 573. For other uses, see573 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	550s 560s 570s 580s 590s
Years:	570 571 572 573 574 575 576

573 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	573 DLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1326
Armenian calendar	22 ԹՎ ԻԲ
Assyrian calendar	5323
Balinese saka calendar	494–495
Bengali calendar	−20
Berber calendar	1523
Buddhist calendar	1117
Burmese calendar	−65
Byzantine calendar	6081–6082
Chinese calendar	Nhâm ThìnNăm (WaterDragon) 3270 or 3063 — to — Quý tị năm (WaterSnake) 3271 or 3064
Coptic calendar	289–290
Discordian calendar	1739
Ethiopian calendar	565–566
Hebrew calendar	4333–4334
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	629–630
-Shaka Samvat	494–495
-Kali Yuga	3673–3674
Holocene calendar	10573
Iranian calendar	49 BP – 48 BP
Islamic calendar	51 BH – 50 BH
Javanese calendar	461–462
Julian calendar	573 DLXXIII
Korean calendar	2906
Minguo calendar	1339 beforeROC Dân trước 1339 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−895
Seleucid era	884/885AG
Thai solar calendar	1115–1116
Tibetan calendar	Dương rồng nước năm (male Water-Dragon) 699 or 318 or −454 — to — Âm rắn nước năm (female Water-Snake) 700 or 319 or −453

Gregory of Tours(c. 538–594)

Year573(DLXXIII) was acommon year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 573 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

• Byzantine–Sassanid War:Persianforces under the command of KingKhosrau IcapturetheByzantinestronghold ofDara,after a six-monthsiege.Meanwhile, a smaller Persian army underAdarmahanadvances fromBabylonthrough thedesert,crosses theEuphrates Riverand ravagesSyria.The cities ofApameaandAntiochiaare plundered.

Europe

• KingSigibert Igoes to war against his half brotherChilperic IofNeustriaat the urging of his wife,Brunhilda.He appeals to theGermanson the right bank of theRhinefor help, and they obligingly attack the environs ofParisandChartres.
• TheLombardsagain raid SouthernGaul,but are defeated by theFranksunderMummolus,patriciusand son of theGallo-Romancount ofAuxerre,and are driven out.
• KingClephcompletes the Lombard conquest ofTuscany(Central Italy) and extends hisdominionto the gates ofRavenna.
• Sigibert I appointsGregoryto succeed his mother's cousin,Eufronius,asbishop of Tours(approximate date).

Britain

• TheBattle of Arfderyddis fought betweenGwenddoleu ap Ceidioand the sons of Eliffer, Gwrgi andPeredur.The forces of Gwenddoleu are killed, andMyrddin Wylltgoes mad watching this defeat (according to theAnnales Cambriae).

By topic

Religion

• Pope John IIIis forced by the Lombards to retire fromRome,and takes up residence at theCatacombsalong theVia Appia(approximate date).

Births

• Abu Bakr,MuslimCaliph(approximate date)
• Chen Yin,crown princeof theChen dynasty
• Dou Jiande,general of theSui dynasty(d.621)
• Jing Di,emperor ofNorthern Zhou(d.581)
• Lupus of Sens,French bishop (approximate date)

Deaths

• June 11–Emilian of Cogolla,Ibericsaint (b.472)
• Brendan of Birr,Irishabbot(approximate date)
• Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio,Brythonic king
• Narses,Byzantine general (b.478)
• Wang Lin,Chinese general (b.526)

References

Bibliography

• Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002).The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD).New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis).ISBN0-415-14687-9.