571

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	550s 560s 570s 580s 590s
Years:	568 569 570 571 572 573 574

571 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	571 DLXXI
Ab urbe condita	1324
Armenian calendar	20 ԹՎ Ի
Assyrian calendar	5321
Balinese saka calendar	492–493
Bengali calendar	−22
Berber calendar	1521
Buddhist calendar	1115
Burmese calendar	−67
Byzantine calendar	6079–6080
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3268 or 3061     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3269 or 3062
Coptic calendar	287–288
Discordian calendar	1737
Ethiopian calendar	563–564
Hebrew calendar	4331–4332
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	627–628
- Shaka Samvat	492–493
- Kali Yuga	3671–3672
Holocene calendar	10571
Iranian calendar	51 BP – 50 BP
Islamic calendar	53 BH – 52 BH
Javanese calendar	459–460
Julian calendar	571 DLXXI
Korean calendar	2904
Minguo calendar	1341 before ROC 民前1341年
Nanakshahi calendar	−897
Seleucid era	882/883 AG
Thai solar calendar	1113–1114
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 697 or 316 or −456     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 698 or 317 or −455

King Liuvigild (c. 525–586)

Year 571 (DLXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 571 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

Europe

• The Visigoths under King Liuvigild invade the Byzantine province of Spania (modern Andalusia), and seize the city of Córdoba. After the death of his brother Liuva I, he becomes sole ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom (approximate date).
• Benevento becomes the capital of an independent duchy, under the Lombard chieftain Zotto (approximate date).

Britain

• Battle of Bedcanford: The Anglo-Saxons under King Cuthwulf fight against the Britons, and conquer the settlements of Aylesbury, Benson, Eynsham and Limbury (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
• Wuffa becomes the first king of East Anglia, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies (approximate date).

By topic

Religion

• The Monophysites again reject the Council of Chalcedon, causing another schism.

Births

• Muhammad, final prophet of Islam (d. 632)
• Li Jing, general and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 649)
• Wang Gui, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 639)
• Yang Jun, prince of the Sui Dynasty (d. 600)

Deaths

• April 15 – Kinmei, emperor of Japan (b. 509)
• November 29? – Brendan of Birr, Irish monastic saint
• Fall – killed in dynastic intrigue
  • Gao Yan, prince of Northern Qi (b. 558)
  • He Shikai, high official of Northern Qi (b. 524)
• 571 or 572 – Liuva I, king of the Visigoths (or 572)