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Year '''560''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=560&country=23|title=Year 560 Calendar – Julian calendar|publisher=timeanddate.com}}</ref> 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Alboin]] succeeds his father [[Audoin]] after his death, as king of the [[Lombards]].

==== Britain ====
* [[Adda of Bernicia|Adda]] succeeds his brother [[Glappa of Bernicia|Glappa]] as king of [[Bernicia]] (approximate date).
* [[Ælla of Deira|Ælla]] becomes king of [[Deira (kingdom)|Deira]] (this according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').
* [[Ceawlin of Wessex|Ceawlin]] succeeds his father [[Cynric of Wessex|Cynric]] as king of [[Wessex]] (approximate date).
* [[List of kings of Dumnonia#Dumnonian kings|Custennin ap Cado]] abdicates as king of [[Dumnonia]] ([[South West England]]).
* [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Elidyr of Strathclyde]] invades [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] ([[Wales]]) and tries to expel his brother-in-law, king [[Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Columba]] quarrels with [[Finnian of Moville]] over authorship of a [[psalter]], leading to a pitched battle the next year.
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== Births ==

* [[Abu Sufyan ibn Harb]], Arabic leader (d. [[652]])
* [[Constantina (empress)|Constantina]], Byzantine empress (approximate date)
* [[Eustace of Luxeuil]], [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Isidore of Seville]], [[archbishop]] and scholar<ref>Catholic Encyclopedia ''St. Isidore of Seville''</ref>
* [[Richarius]], Frankish [[hermit]] and [[monk]] (approximate date)
* [[Sophronius of Jerusalem|Sophronius]], [[Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|patriarch of Jerusalem]] (d. [[638]])
* [[Tassilo I of Bavaria|Tassilo I]], [[List of rulers of Bavaria|duke of Bavaria]] (d. [[610]])

== Deaths ==

* [[Aspasius of Auch]], [[Ancient Diocese of Éauze|bishop of Éauze]] 
* [[Audoin]], king of the [[Lombards]] (approximate date)
* [[Chen Chang]], prince of the [[Chen dynasty]] (b. [[537]]) 
* [[Clodoald]], [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] prince (approximate date) (b. [[522]])
* [[Cynric of Wessex|Cynric]], king of [[Wessex]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cynric {{!}} king of Wessex |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cynric |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Domitian of Huy]], Frankish [[bishop]] and [[saint]]
* [[Glappa of Bernicia|Glappa]], king of [[Bernicia]] (approximate date)
* [[Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou|Ming Di]], emperor of [[Northern Zhou]] (b. [[534]])
* [[Thurisind]], king of the [[Gepids]] (approximate date)
* [[Yang Yin]], official of [[Northern Qi]] (b. [[511]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four |date=18 September 2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-27185-2 |page=1855 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWLPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1855 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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