593
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This article is about the year 593. For the number, see 593 (number). For other uses, see 593 (disambiguation).
| 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 |
| 593 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 593 DXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1346 |
| Armenian calendar | 42 ԹՎ ԽԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5343 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1251–-1250 |
| Bengali calendar | 0 |
| Berber calendar | 1543 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1137 |
| Burmese calendar | -45 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6101–6102 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年十一月廿三日 (3229/3289-11-23) — to —
癸丑年十二月初三日(3230/3290-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | 309–310 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 585–586 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4353–4354 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 649–650 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 515–516 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3694–3695 |
| Holocene calendar | 10593 |
| Iranian calendar | 29 BP – 28 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 30 BH – 29 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2926 |
| Minguo calendar | 1319 before ROC 民前1319年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1136 |
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Year 593 (DXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 593 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
- 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.
[edit] Asia
- Empress Suiko ascends to the throne of Japan.
- The Persian usurper Hormizd V is defeated by Khosrau II.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Art
- Altar to Amitabha Buddha is made. Sui dynasty. It is now kept at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
[edit] Religion
- Anastasius is restored as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
[edit] Births
- Emperor Jomei of Japan
- Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of Muhammad
[edit] Deaths
- June 9 – Saint Columba
- Ceawlin of Wessex (traditional date)
- Hussa, king of Bernicia (traditional date)
- Creoda of Mercia (traditional date)
