590s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 560s 570s 580s – 590s – 600s 610s 620s |
| Years: | 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
590s: events by year
Contents: 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599
590
By place
Byzantine Empire
Europe
- Owain mab Urien becomes king of Rheged (approximate date).
Asia
- January 6 – Hormizd IV deposed as Persian king.
- February 15 – Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia.
- February 20 – Bahram Chobin and Khosrau confront each other near Ctesiphon.
- February 28 – Bahram attacks Khosrau at night; Khosrau flees for Circesium the next day.
- March 9 – Bahram Chobin is crowned as King Bahram VI of Persia.
- Kadungon succeeds Avani Culamani as ruler of the Pandyan kingdom in India.
By topic
Religion
- September 3 – Pope Gregory I succeeds Pope Pelagius II as the 64th pope.
- Saint Columbanus arrives in Gaul, founds the monastery of Luxeuil.
592
By place
Byzantine Empire
- The Byzantine Empire regains Singidunum from the Avars.
Europe
- After the mass killing at Woddesbeorg, Ceawlin is deposed as both king of Wessex and Bretwalda.
Asia
- The Persian usurper Bahram Chobin is defeated by Khosrau II at the Battle of Blarathon.
593
By place
Europe
- Aethelfrith succeeds Hussa as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
- Pybba becomes king of Mercia.
- The Byzantine commander-in-chief Priscus defeats the Slavs, Avars and Gepids on Roman territory south of the Danube, before he crosses the Danube into modern-day Wallachia to continue his series of victories.
Asia
- Empress Suiko ascends to the throne of Japan.
- The Persian usurper Hormizd V is defeated by Khosrau II.
By topic
Art
- Altar to Amitabha Buddha is made. Sui dynasty. It is now kept at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Religion
- Anastasius is restored as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
594
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Emperor Maurice disposes of Priscos and installs his own brother Peter as commander-in-chief in charge of the war against the Avars.
By topic
Religion
- Amos succeeds John as Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.
- Empress Suiko issues the Flourishing Three Treasures Edict, officially recognizing the practice of Buddhism in Japan.
595
By place
Europe
- Theudebert II becomes king of Austrasia.
- The Lombards sack Terracina in Italy.
Asia
- Supratisthitavarman succeeds Susthitavarman as king of the Varman dynasty in Assam.
- Construction begins on Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei Province, China.
By topic
Religion
- Augustine of Canterbury is sent on a mission to Kent by Pope Gregory I.
- Muhammad marries Khadija (approximate date).
596
By topic
Religion
- King Ethelbert of Kent asks for missionaries to visit his kingdom.
- Pope Gregory I sends Augustine of Canterbury to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
597
By topic
Education
- The King's School is founded in Canterbury.
Religion
- Saint Augustine becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Pope Gregory I sends a delegation of monks under the Roman Augustine to England to convert the English.
598
By place
British Isles
- Battle of Catraeth at Catterick, North Yorkshire: The Celtic British (Brythonic) people defeat the Anglo-Saxon Bernicians (approximate date.)
599
By place
Europe
- Raedwald becomes king of East Anglia (approximate date).