574

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	550s 560s 570s 580s 590s
Years:	571 572 573 574 575 576 577

574 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	574 DLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1327
Armenian calendar	23 ԹՎ ԻԳ
Assyrian calendar	5324
Balinese saka calendar	495–496
Bengali calendar	−19
Berber calendar	1524
Buddhist calendar	1118
Burmese calendar	−64
Byzantine calendar	6082–6083
Chinese calendar	癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3271 or 3064     — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3272 or 3065
Coptic calendar	290–291
Discordian calendar	1740
Ethiopian calendar	566–567
Hebrew calendar	4334–4335
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	630–631
- Shaka Samvat	495–496
- Kali Yuga	3674–3675
Holocene calendar	10574
Iranian calendar	48 BP – 47 BP
Islamic calendar	50 BH – 48 BH
Javanese calendar	462–463
Julian calendar	574 DLXXIV
Korean calendar	2907
Minguo calendar	1338 before ROC 民前1338年
Nanakshahi calendar	−894
Seleucid era	885/886 AG
Thai solar calendar	1116–1117
Tibetan calendar	阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 700 or 319 or −453     — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 701 or 320 or −452

Year 574 (DLXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 574 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

• December 7 – Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity; he abdicates the throne in favour of his general Tiberius. Justin proclaims him Caesar and adopts him as his own son.
• Winter – Empress Sophia and Tiberius agree to a one year truce with the Persians, at the cost of 45,000 solidi. The truce applies only to the Mesopotamian front; in the Caucasus, war continues.

Europe

• King Cleph is murdered after an 18-month reign by a guard, a slave who he has mistreated. The next decade the Lombard Kingdom is governed by independent duchies (Rule of the Dukes).
• The Visigoths under king Liuvigild invade Cantabria (Northern Spain) and destroy the city of Amaya (Burgos). He massacres the inhabitants and adds the province to the Visigothic Kingdom.
• Áedán mac Gabráin becomes king of Dál Riata (Scotland) (approximate Date).

Asia

• The Persian Empire overthrow the Axumite- and Byzantine affiliated regimes in Yemen (Arabian Peninsula).

Unidentified

• Major volcanic eruption.

By topic

Religion

• July 13 – Pope John III dies at Rome after a 13-year reign, until June of next year the Holy See becomes sede vacante.
• Marius Aventicensis is made bishop of Aventicum (modern Avenches).

Births

• Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang Dynasty (d. 647)

Deaths

• Cleph, king of the Lombards (or 575)
• Conall mac Comgaill, king of Dál Riata
• July 13 – Pope John III
• Xuan, empress of Northern Zhou