Editing 572

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[[File:Assassination of Alboin.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Assassination]] of the [[Lombards|Lombard]] king [[Alboin]]]]
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Year '''572''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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.

==Events==
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===By place===
====Byzantine Empire====
*[[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591]]: Emperor [[Justin II]] refuses to pay the annual [[tribute]] to [[Khosrau I]], putting an end to the 50-year [[peace treaty]] established ten years earlier. The [[Armenia]]ns are considered allies to the [[Byzantine Empire]], and Justin sends a [[Byzantine army]] into [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] territory, besieging the fortress city of [[Nusaybin|Nisibis]] (modern [[Turkey]]).<ref name="ancient">{{cite book|last=Frye|first=Richard N.|title=The History of Ancient Iran|year=1983}}</ref>

====Europe====
*[[Siege of Pavia (569–572)]]: King [[Alboin]] captures [[Ticinum]] ([[Pavia]]); after a [[siege]] the [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantine]] garrison surrenders to the [[Lombards]]. The city is of strategic importance, lying at the rivers [[Po (river)|Po]] and [[Ticino (river)|Ticino]], and becomes the capital of the [[Kingdom of the Lombards]].
*[[June 28]] &ndash; [[Alboin]], king of the [[Lombards]], is murdered at [[Verona]] in his palace, at the instigation of his wife [[Rosamund (Gepid)|Rosamund]] (daughter of the [[Gepids|Gepid]] king [[Cunimund]]), and her henchman, [[Helmechis]] (the king's [[squire]]); both flee to seek Byzantine protection in [[Ravenna]]. [[Alboin]] is succeeded as king by [[Cleph]], who is not related by [[Royal family|blood]].

====Britain====
*[[Theodric of Bernicia|Theodric]] succeeds his brother [[Æthelric of Bernicia|Æthelric]] as king of [[Bernicia]] ([[Scottish Borders|southeastern]] [[Scotland]]). He rules until [[579]].

====Asia====
*[[Taspar Qaghan]] succeeds his brother [[Muqan Qaghan]] as ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]] ([[Central Asia]]). 
*[[Emperor Bidatsu|Bidatsu]] succeeds his father [[Emperor Kinmei|Kinmei]] and ascends to the [[throne]] of [[Japan]] as the [[List of Emperors of Japan|30th emperor]].

====Mesoamerica====
*[[Calakmul]] defeats [[Tikal]], bringing an end to the [[First Tikal-Calakmul War]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
*[[Chen Shuda]], Chinese statesman
*[[Hovnan Mayravanetsi]], Armenian philosopher

== Deaths ==
*[[June 28]] &ndash; [[Alboin]], king of the [[Lombards]]
*[[Æthelric of Bernicia]], Scottish king
*[[Báetán mac Muirchertaig]], [[High King of Ireland]]
*[[Corippus]], Byzantine [[Epic poetry|epic poet]] (approximate date)
*[[Eochaid mac Domnaill]], High King of [[Ireland]]
*[[Hulü Guang]], general of [[Northern Qi]] (b. [[515]])
*[[Liuva I]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (or [[571]]) 
*[[Muqan Qaghan]], ruler of the [[Göktürks]]
*[[Waldrada (Lombard princess)|Waldrada]], [[Lombards|Lombard]] princess (b. [[531]])
*[[Wei Shou]], Chinese [[author]] (b. [[506]])
*[[Yuwen Hu]], regent of [[Northern Zhou]] (b. 515)
*[[Sky Witness (ruler)|Sky Witness]], ruler of [[Calakmul]]

==References==
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