579
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This article is about the year 579. For the number (and other uses), see 579 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 540s 550s 560s – 570s – 580s 590s 600s |
| Years: | 576 577 578 – 579 – 580 581 582 |
| 579 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 579 DLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1332 |
| Armenian calendar | 28 ԹՎ ԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5329 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1265–-1264 |
| Bengali calendar | -14 |
| Berber calendar | 1529 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1123 |
| Burmese calendar | -59 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6087–6088 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十一月十八日 (3215/3275-11-18) — to —
己亥年十一月廿八日(3216/3276-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 295–296 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 571–572 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4339–4340 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 635–636 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 501–502 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3680–3681 |
| Holocene calendar | 10579 |
| Iranian calendar | 43 BP – 42 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 44 BH – 43 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 579 DLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 2912 |
| Minguo calendar | 1333 before ROC 民前1333年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1122 |
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Year 579 (DLXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 579 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
[edit] Europe
- Frithuwald succeeds his brother Theodric as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
- A rebellion breaks out in Limoges against Chilperic I of Neustria.
[edit] Asia
- Hormizd IV succeeds Khosrau I as king of Persia.
- The Northern Qi Dynasty ends in China.
- Wu Di is succeeded by Xuan Di, then Jing Di.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- November 26 – Pope Pelagius II succeeds Pope Benedict I as the 63rd pope. While November 26 is the official date, theologically, the pontificate began in August when he was ordained as Bishop of Rome.
[edit] Births
- John Climacus, Christian Saint
- Fang Xuanling, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)
- Yang Zhao
[edit] Deaths
- February – Khosrau I, king of Persia
- Pope Benedict I
- Theodric, king of Bernicia (traditional date)
