577

This article is about the year 577. For the number (and other uses), see 577 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	540s  550s  560s  – 570s –  580s  590s  600s
Years:	574 575 576 – 577 – 578 579 580

577 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

577 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	577 DLXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1330
Armenian calendar	26 ԹՎ ԻԶ
Assyrian calendar	5327
Bahá'í calendar	-1267–-1266
Bengali calendar	-16
Berber calendar	1527
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1121
Burmese calendar	-61
Byzantine calendar	6085–6086
Chinese calendar	丙申年十一月廿六日 (3213/3273-11-26) — to — 丁酉年十二月初七日 (3214/3274-12-7)
Coptic calendar	293–294
Ethiopian calendar	569–570
Hebrew calendar	4337–4338
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	633–634
- Shaka Samvat	499–500
- Kali Yuga	3678–3679
Holocene calendar	10577
Iranian calendar	45 BP – 44 BP
Islamic calendar	46 BH – 45 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2910
Minguo calendar	1335 before ROC 民前1335年
Thai solar calendar	1120

Year 577 (DLXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 577 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.

Events

By place

Europe

• Battle of Deorham: The Anglo-Saxons under Ceawlin of Wessex defeat the British Celts.

Asia

• Hou Zhu is succeeded by You Zhu, then by Fan Yang Wang.

By topic

Religion

• Eutychius is restored as Patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

• Pope Agatho (approximate date)

Deaths

• August 31 – John Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Saint Brendan (possible date)
• Saint Aldate
• Gao Heng
• Gao Wei
• Gao Yanzong
• Lu Lingxuan
• Mu Tipo
• Xiao Zhuang