561
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This article is about the year 561. For the number (and other uses), see 561 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 530s 540s 550s – 560s – 570s 580s 590s |
| Years: | 558 559 560 – 561 – 562 563 564 |
| 561 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 561 DLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1314 |
| Armenian calendar | 10 ԹՎ Ժ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5311 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1283–-1282 |
| Bengali calendar | -32 |
| Berber calendar | 1511 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1105 |
| Burmese calendar | -77 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6069–6070 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年十一月三十日 (3197/3257-11-30) — to —
辛巳年十二月初十日(3198/3258-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 277–278 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 553–554 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4321–4322 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 617–618 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 483–484 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3662–3663 |
| Holocene calendar | 10561 |
| Iranian calendar | 61 BP – 60 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 63 BH – 62 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2894 |
| Minguo calendar | 1351 before ROC 民前1351年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1104 |
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Year 561 (DLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 561 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy.
- The Battle of Cúl Drebene is fought between the Northern and Southern Uí Néill.
[edit] Asia
- Wu Cheng Di succeeds Xiao Zhao Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Qi Dynasty.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- July 17 – Pope John III succeeds Pope Pelagius I as the 61st pope.
- Jnanagupta begins translating Buddhist texts into Chinese.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- March 4 – Pelagius, Pope
- Clotaire I, king of the Franks
- Emperor Fei of Northern Qi
- Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi
