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This article is about the year 591. For the number (and other uses), see 591 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 560s 570s 580s – 590s – 600s 610s 620s |
| Years: | 588 589 590 – 591 – 592 593 594 |
| 591 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 591 DXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1344 |
| Armenian calendar | 40 ԹՎ Խ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5341 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1253–-1252 |
| Bengali calendar | -2 |
| Berber calendar | 1541 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1135 |
| Burmese calendar | -47 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6099–6100 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年十二月初一日 (3227/3287-12-1) — to —
辛亥年十二月十一日(3228/3288-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 307–308 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 583–584 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4351–4352 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 647–648 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 513–514 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3692–3693 |
| Holocene calendar | 10591 |
| Iranian calendar | 31 BP – 30 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 32 BH – 31 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 591 DXCI |
| Korean calendar | 2924 |
| Minguo calendar | 1321 before ROC 民前1321年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1134 |
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Year 591 (DXCI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 591 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
- Agilulf marries Theodelinda and becomes king of the Lombards.
- A locust swarm destroys the harvest in Italy.
[edit] Asia
- The Persian usurper Bahram VI is defeated by Khosrau II. Bistam then claims the throne.
- The first city wall of Hangzhou is constructed.
[edit] America
- May 21 – A Mesoamerican ballgame court is dedicated at the Mayan city of Chinkultic.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Jnanagupta translates the Vimalakirti Sutra into Chinese.
[edit] Births
- Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd
- Li Xiaogong
- Su Dingfang
[edit] Deaths
- Zotto, founder of the Duchy of Benevento
- Faroald I, first duke of Spoleto
- Yan Zhitui, Chinese scholar, official, calligrapher, painter, musician, writer, antiquarian, and Buddhist (born 531)
