580s

The 580s decade ran from January 1, 580, to December 31, 589.

580

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By place

Byzantine Empire

• The Roman Senate sends an embassy to Constantinople, with a gift (3,000 pounds of gold) to Emperor Tiberius II Constantine, along with a plea for help against the Lombards.
• The Slavs begin to migrate into the Balkan Peninsula. The Avars, under King (khagan) Bayan I, invade the Lower Danube (modern Bulgaria).
• Siege of Sirmium: The Avars march to the right bank of the River Sava, and besiege the Byzantine stronghold of Sirmium (Pannonia).

Europe

• The Lombards drive the last Ostrogoths across the Alps (Northern Italy). During the "Rule of the Dukes" the Lombards adopt Roman titles, names, and traditions.^[1]
• King Liuvigild calls for an Arian synod in Toledo (central Spain), which modifies several doctrines; he tries to unify the Christians within the Visigothic Kingdom.

Britain

• Æthelberht succeeds his father Eormenric as king (bretwalda) of Kent (approximate date).

Asia

• The Northern Zhou dynasty, strategically based in the basin of the Wei River, is supreme in Northern China. In the south only the Chen dynasty remains a rival.^[2]
• The Chinese city of Ye (Henan) is razed to the ground by Yang Jian, future founder of the Sui dynasty, who defeats a resistance force under Yuchi Jiong.

By topic

Religion

• Gregory of Tours is brought before a council of bishops, on charges of slandering the Frankish queen Fredegund (approximate date).

Significant people

• Pope Gregory I
• Bahrām Chōbin
• Fredegund
• Guntram
• Emperor Wen of Sui
• Yan Zhitui

Births

Transcluding articles: 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, and 589

580

• Abdel Rahman ibn Awf, companion of Muhammad
• Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi, companion of Muhammad
• Cadfan ap Iago, king of Gwynedd (approximate date)
• Clemen ap Bledric, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)
• Dayi Daoxin, Chán Buddhist patriarch (d. 651)
• Didier of Cahors, Frankish bishop (approximate date)
• Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
• Livinus, Irish apostle (approximate date)
• Maximus the Confessor, monk and theologian (d. 662)
• Pepin the Elder, Frankish Mayor of the Palace (d. 640)
• Umm Salama, wife of Muhammad (approximate date)
• Wei Zheng, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 643)

581

• Sun Simiao, Chinese medicine doctor (approximate date)
• Yan Shigu, Chinese author of the Tang dynasty (d. 645)

582

• Arnulf of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint (approximate date)
• Li Mi, Chinese rebel leader during the Sui dynasty (d. 619)

583

• Abu Ubaidah, companion of Muhammad (d. 639

• Liuva II, king of the Visigoths (d. 603)
• Theodosius, Byzantine co-emperor (approximate date)
• Umar, companion of Muhammad (d. 644) and second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate
• Xiao Xian, prince of the Liang dynasty (d. 621)

584

• Amand, bishop and saint (approximate date)
• Chlothar II, king of the Franks (d. 629)
• Yang Zhao, prince of the Sui dynasty (d. 606)

585

• Du Ruhui, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 630)
• Edwin of Northumbria, king of Deira and Bernicia (d. 633)
• Goar of Aquitaine, priest and hermit (approximate date)
• Yang Jian, imperial prince of the Sui dynasty (d. 618)
• Yuchi Gong, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 658)
• Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, general of the rashidun Caliphate (d. 642)

586

• Theudebert II, king of Austrasia (d. 612)
• Yang Hao, prince of the Sui dynasty (approximate date)

587

• Soga no Emishi, statesman of Japan (d. 645)
• Theuderic II, king of Austrasia (d. 613)
• Zhang Xingcheng, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 653)

588

• Eligius, bishop and saint (approximate date)
• Suintila, king of the Visigoths (approximate date)
• Yu Zhining, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 665)

589

• Li Jiancheng, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 626)
• Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan, wife of Muhammad (d. 666)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, and 589

580

• Audovera, wife of Chilperic I (approximate date)
• Bacurius III, king of Iberia (Georgia)
• Eormenric, king of Kent (approximate date)
• Galam Cennalath, king of the Picts
• Gao Anagong, high official of Northern Qi
• Martin of Braga, missionary and archbishop
• Wei Xiaokuan, general of Western Wei (b. 509)
• Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 559)
• Yuchi Jiong, general of Northern Zhou

581

• Feng Xiaolian, concubine of Gao Wei (approximate date)
• Jing Di, Chinese emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 573)
• Taspar Qaghan, ruler (khagan) of the Göktürks

582

• April 5 – Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople
• August 14 – Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
• Agathias, Greek poet and historian (approximate date)
• Ashina, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 551)
• Justinian, Byzantine general (magister militum)
• Tamkhosrau, Sassanid Persian general (marzban)
• Xuan Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 530)

583

• February 1 – Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (b. 524)
• Miro, king of the Suevi (approximate date)

584

• April 15 – Ruadhán of Lorrha, Irish abbot and saint
• Chilperic I, king of Neustria (or Soissons)
• Deiniol, bishop of Bangor (Wales)
• Ingund, wife of Visigoth prince Hermenegild
• Maurus, Roman abbot and saint (b. 512)
• Approximate date – Bridei I, king of the Picts

585

• April 13 – Hermenegild, Visigothic prince (or 586)
• September 14 – Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 538)^[24]
• Cassiodorus, Roman statesman and writer (approximate date)
• Frithuwald, king of Bernicia (approximate date)
• Gundoald, Merovingian usurper king (approximate date)
• John of Ephesus, Armenian bishop (approximate date)
• Rigunth, daughter of Chilperic I (b. 570)
• Xiao Ming Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (b. 542)

586

• April 21 – Liuvigild, king of the Visigoths
• Hermenegild, Visigothic prince (or 585)
• Prætextatus, bishop of Rouen (or 589)
• Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd
• Zhu Manyue, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 547)

587

• April – Yōmei, emperor of Japan (b. 540)
• August 13 – Radegund, Frankish princess
• Æscwine, king of Essex (approximate date)
• Ishbara Qaghan, ruler (khagan) of the Göktürks
• Mononobe no Moriya, clan leader (Ō-muraji)
• Varāhamihira, Indian astronomer (b. 505)

588

• Áed mac Bricc, Irish bishop and saint
• Ælla, king of Deira (approximate date)
• Agericus, bishop of Verdun
• Fridianus, Irish prince and saint
• Li Ezi, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 536)
• Monulph, bishop of Maastricht

589

• March 1 – David, Welsh bishop and saint
• Bagha Qaghan, ruler of the Turkic Khaganate
• Finnian of Moville, Irish missionary (b. 495)
• Zhang Lihua, consort of the Chen dynasty