578
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This article is about the year 578. For the number (and other uses), see 578 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 540s 550s 560s – 570s – 580s 590s 600s |
| Years: | 575 576 577 – 578 – 579 580 581 |
| 578 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 578 DLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1331 |
| Armenian calendar | 27 ԹՎ ԻԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5328 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1266–-1265 |
| Bengali calendar | -15 |
| Berber calendar | 1528 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1122 |
| Burmese calendar | -60 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6086–6087 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年十二月初八日 (3214/3274-12-8) — to —
戊戌年十一月十七日(3215/3275-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 294–295 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 570–571 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4338–4339 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 634–635 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 500–501 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3679–3680 |
| Holocene calendar | 10578 |
| Iranian calendar | 44 BP – 43 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 45 BH – 44 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 578 DLXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 2911 |
| Minguo calendar | 1334 before ROC 民前1334年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1121 |
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Year 578 (DLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 578 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] Byzantine Empire
- October 5 – Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor.
[edit] Visigothic kingdom
- Reccopolis founded by king Liuvigild.
[edit] Asia
- Kongo Gumi, the world's oldest continuously operating company (578–2006), is founded in Osaka, Japan.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- July 30 – Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa
- October 5 – Justin II, Roman emperor
- Wu Di, Chinese ruler of Northern Zhou
- John Malalas, Byzantine chronicler
- Bhavaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka Scholar
- Saint Brendan, a popular Irish saint
- Abdul Muttalib, grandfather of Prophet Muhammad who founded Islam
- Wu Mingche
- Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou
- Yuwen Xian
