569

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	540s 550s 560s 570s 580s
Years:	566 567 568 569 570 571 572

569 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	569 DLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1322
Armenian calendar	18 ԹՎ ԺԸ
Assyrian calendar	5319
Balinese saka calendar	490–491
Bengali calendar	−24
Berber calendar	1519
Buddhist calendar	1113
Burmese calendar	−69
Byzantine calendar	6077–6078
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3266 or 3059     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3267 or 3060
Coptic calendar	285–286
Discordian calendar	1735
Ethiopian calendar	561–562
Hebrew calendar	4329–4330
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	625–626
- Shaka Samvat	490–491
- Kali Yuga	3669–3670
Holocene calendar	10569
Iranian calendar	53 BP – 52 BP
Islamic calendar	55 BH – 54 BH
Javanese calendar	457–458
Julian calendar	569 DLXIX
Korean calendar	2902
Minguo calendar	1343 before ROC 民前1343年
Nanakshahi calendar	−899
Seleucid era	880/881 AG
Thai solar calendar	1111–1112
Tibetan calendar	阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 695 or 314 or −458     — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 696 or 315 or −457

Year 569 (DLXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 569 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

• Emperor Justin II and his wife Sophia send a relic of the "True Cross" to the Frankish princess Radegund, who has founded a monastery at Poitiers.
• The Garamantian Kingdom (modern Libya) signs a peace treaty with the Byzantine Empire. The capital city of Garama is converted to Christianity.

Europe

• September – The Lombards conquer Forum Iulii (Cividale del Friuli) in northeastern Italy. Later in the year, the Lombards conquer Milan.
• Gisulf I, nephew of Alboin, is appointed as the first duke of Friuli (approximate date).

Arabia

• Al-Mundhir III succeeds his father Al-Harith V and becomes king of the Ghassanids.

By topic

Religion

• The Nubian kingdom of Alodia is converted to Christianity by Byzantine missionaries (according to John of Ephesus).
• John of Ephesus completes his "Biographies of Eastern Saints" (approximate date).
• November 19 – In Poitiers the "Vexilla Regis" is first sung during the Procession.

Births

• Yángdi, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (d. 618)

Deaths

• Ainmuire mac Sétnai, High King of Ireland
• Al-Harith ibn Jabalah, king of the Ghassanids
• Peter IV, Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
• Wu Cheng Di, emperor of Northern Qi (b. 537)