Years: 581 582 583 584 - 585 - 586 587 588 589

Decades: 550s 560s 570s - 580s - 590s 600s 610s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• Famine in Gaul.
• Emperor Yomei ascends to the throne of Japan.
• In China, Nan Liang Xiao Jing Di succeeds Nan LIang Xiao Ming Di as ruler of the Nan Liang Dynasty .
• The Suebi kingdom on the Iberian peninsula is conquered by the Visigoths under King Leovigild.
• Hussa succeeds his brother Frithuwald as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
• Creoda becomes king of Mercia.

Births

Deaths

• Emperor Bidatsu of Japan
• Frithuwald , king of Bernicia (traditional date)