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The 560s decade ran from January 1, 560, to December 31, 569.

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560

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Britain

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Religion

561


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Europe
Britain
  • The Battle of Cúl Drebene (modern Ireland) is fought between the Northern and Southern Uí Néill (approximate date).
Asia
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Religion

562

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Byzantine Empire
Europe
Asia
Mesoamerica

563

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Byzantine Empire
Europe
  • Tauredunum event: [4] A mountain landslide into the Rhone river destroys a fort and two villages, and creates a tsunami in Lake Geneva. The wave which reaches Lausanne is thirteen metres high, and eight metres high by the time it hits Geneva. Describing the event, Marius Aventicensis writes that the tsunami "devastated very old villages with their men and cattle, it even destroyed many sacred places", and swept away "the bridge in Geneva, windmills and men". [5]

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Religion

564

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Britain
Mesoamerica

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Religion

565

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Byzantine Empire
Britain
Europe
  • Summer A war erupts between Alboin, the king of the Lombards, and King Cunimund, the leader of the Gepids. (approximate date).
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Arts and sciences
Religion

566

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Byzantine Empire
Europe
Francia

A poet from Italy named Venantius Fortunatus arrives at the Merovingian court at Metz. With a strong grasp of traditional Roman poetry, Fortunatus impresses and entertains the Frankish royalty and aristocracy. The success of a Latin poet in Francia suggests that Roman culture persisted well after the Roman Empire disintegrated in Gaul in the late 5th century. [11]

Asia
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567

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China

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568

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Europe
Britain
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569

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Byzantine Empire
Europe
  • September The Lombards conquer Forum Iulii (Cividale del Friuli) in northeastern Italy. Later in the year, the Lombards conquer Milan.
  • Gisulf I, nephew of Alboin, is appointed as the first duke of Friuli (approximate date).
Arabia

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Related Research Articles

Alboin King of the Lombards

Alboin was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572. He had a lasting effect on Italy and the Pannonian Basin; in the former his invasion marked the beginning of centuries of Lombard rule, and in the latter his defeat of the Gepids and his departure from Pannonia ended the dominance there of the Germanic peoples.

The 610s decade ran from January 1, 610, to December 31, 619.

Year 568 (DLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 568 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.

The 520s decade ran from January 1, 520, to December 31, 529.

The 540s decade ran from January 1, 540, to December 31, 549.

The 550s decade ran from January 1, 550, to December 31, 559.

The 570s decade ran from January 1, 570, to December 31, 579.

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

The 450s decade ran from January 1, 450, to December 31, 459.

Year 560 (DLX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 560 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.

562 Calendar year

Year 562 (DLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 562 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.

565 Calendar year

Year 565 (DLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 565 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.

566 (DLXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 566 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.

567 Calendar year

Year 567 (DLXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 567 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.

Year 569 (DLXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 569 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.

572 Calendar year

Year 572 (DLXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 572 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.

Year 580 (DLXXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 580 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.

582 Calendar year

Year 582 (DLXXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 582 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.

Bayan I reigned as the first khagan of the Avar Khaganate between 562 and 602.

Cunimund King of the Gepids

Cunimund was the last king of the Gepids, falling in the Lombard–Gepid War (567) against the Lombards and Pannonian Avars.

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  3. P. Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: "A New History of Rome and the Barbarians", p. 283
  4. "Lake Geneva 'may face tsunami risk'". Daily Telegraph. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  5. "Des chercheurs reconstituent le tsunami du lac Léman de l’an 563", Le Monde , 28 October 2012
  6. Photos of Tulum Archeological Site
  7. Rovagnati 2003, p. 30
  8. Jarnut 1995, p. 22.
  9. Martindale 1992, s.v. Baduarius (2), p. 64–65.
  10. Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992) p. 753–754
  11. Wickham, Chris (2005). Framing the Early Middle Ages. p. 175.
  12. Connor, Steve (2014-07-07). "Our explosive past is written in the Antarctic ice". i . London. p. 17.
  13. Charibert I, Edward James, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. Oliver Nicholson, (Oxford University Press, 2018), 317.
  14. Isidore, chapter 46; translated by Donini and Ford, p. 22
  15. Traditional date as given in William J. Langer, ed. An Encyclopedia of World History
  16. John of Biclaro, Chronicle 10. Translated by Kenneth Baxter Wolf, Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain, second edition (Liverpool: University Press, 1990), p. 60
  17. McClanan, p. 167
  18. John of Biclar, Chronicle 3, Chronica Minora 2, p. 212