Years: 569 570 571 572 - 573 - 574 575 576 577

Decades: 540s 550s 560s - 570s - 580s 590s 600s

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

Events

• A young monk is ordained. In 590 he will become Pope Gregory I, known as "the Great".
• The Battle of Arfderydd between Gwenddolau and Gwrgi and Peredur, the sons of Eliffer . The forces of Gwenddolau were slaughtered, and Myrddin Wyllt (sometimes identified as Merlin the wizard) went mad watching this defeat.
• Dara is captured by Khosrau I of Persia.

Births

• Abu Bakr, Muslim Caliph

Deaths

• Narses, Byzantine general