593

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	570s 580s 590s 600s 610s
Years:	590 591 592 593 594 595 596

593 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	593 DXCIII
Ab urbe condita	1346
Armenian calendar	42 ԹՎ ԽԲ
Assyrian calendar	5343
Balinese saka calendar	514–515
Bengali calendar	0
Berber calendar	1543
Buddhist calendar	1137
Burmese calendar	−45
Byzantine calendar	6101–6102
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 3290 or 3083     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3291 or 3084
Coptic calendar	309–310
Discordian calendar	1759
Ethiopian calendar	585–586
Hebrew calendar	4353–4354
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	649–650
- Shaka Samvat	514–515
- Kali Yuga	3693–3694
Holocene calendar	10593
Iranian calendar	29 BP – 28 BP
Islamic calendar	30 BH – 29 BH
Javanese calendar	482–483
Julian calendar	593 DXCIII
Korean calendar	2926
Minguo calendar	1319 before ROC 民前1319年
Nanakshahi calendar	−875
Seleucid era	904/905 AG
Thai solar calendar	1135–1136
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 719 or 338 or −434     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 720 or 339 or −433

The Northern Balkans in the 6th century

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.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Spring – Priscus, commander-in-chief in Thrace, defeats the Slavic tribes and Gepids on Byzantine territory south of the Danube. He crosses the river to fight in the uncharted swamps and forests of modern-day Wallachia.
• Autumn – Emperor Maurice orders Priscus to spend the winter with his troops on the northern Danube bank, but he disobeys the emperor's order and retreats to the port city of Odessus (Varna) on the Black Sea Coast.

Britain

• Æthelfrith of Northumbria succeeds Hussa as king of Bernicia (Scotland). His accession possibly involves dynastic rivalry and the exile of Hussa's relatives.
• Pybba succeeds his father Creoda as king of Mercia (approximate date).

Persia

• The Persian usurper Hormizd V (who rises temporarily to power) is defeated by King Khosrau II.

Asia

• Empress Suiko begins a long reign during a pivotal period, in which Buddhism influences the development and culture of Japan. She is the first female ruler and the first to receive official recognition from China.
• Suiko appoints her 21-year-old nephew Shōtoku as regent, with strongman Umako Soga. He holds shared power for nearly 30 years, creating the nation's first constitution (Seventeen-article constitution).

By topic

Art

• The Altar to Amitābha Buddha is made during the Sui Dynasty. It is now kept at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Religion

• Anastasius I is restored as patriarch of Antioch, after Gregory dies.
• The Shitennō-ji monastery is founded at Osaka (Japan) by Shōtoku.

Births

• Jomei, emperor of Japan (d. 641)
• Zaynab bint Jahsh, wife of Muhammad (d. 641)

Deaths

• Ceawlin, king of Wessex (approximate date)
• Creoda, king of Mercia (approximate date)
• Eberigisil, bishop of Cologne (approximate date)
• Gregory, patriarch of Antioch (approximate date)
• Hussa, king of Bernicia (approximate date)
• Ino Anastasia, Byzantine empress consort
• Paul, father of Maurice (approximate date)