Editing 580

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Year '''580''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* The [[Roman Senate]] sends an [[Diplomatic mission|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 [[Slavic peoples|Slavs]] begin to [[Human migration|migrate]] into the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]]. The [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], under King (''[[khagan]]'') [[Bayan I]], invade the Lower [[Danube]] (modern [[Bulgaria]]).
* [[Siege of Sirmium]]: The Avars march to the right bank of the [[Sava|River Sava]], and besiege the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] stronghold of [[Sirmium]] ([[Pannonia (Roman province)|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.<ref>"The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 500–c. 700" by Paul Fouracre and [[Rosamond McKitterick]] (p. 8)</ref>
* King [[Liuvigild]] calls for an [[Arianism|Arian]] synod in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] (central [[Spain]]), which modifies several [[doctrine]]s; he tries to unify the [[Christians]] within the [[Visigothic Kingdom]].

==== Britain ====
* [[Æthelberht of Kent|Æthelberht]] succeeds his father [[Eormenric of Kent|Eormenric]] as king (''[[bretwalda]]'') of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Northern Zhou|Northern Zhou dynasty]], strategically based in the basin of the [[Wei River]], is supreme in [[North China|Northern China]]. In the south only the [[Chen dynasty]] remains a rival.<ref>Imperial Chinese Armies (p. 24). C.J. Peers, 1995. {{ISBN|978-1-85532-514-2}}</ref>
* The Chinese city of [[Ye (ancient China)|Ye]] ([[Henan]]) is razed to the ground by [[Emperor Wen of Sui|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 [[bishop]]s, on charges of slandering the [[Franks|Frankish]] queen [[Fredegund]] (approximate date). 
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== Births ==
* [[Abdur Rahman bin Awf|Abdel Rahman ibn Awf]], companion of [[Muhammad]]
* [[Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi]], companion of Muhammad
* [[Cadfan ap Iago]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (approximate date)
* [[Clemen ap Bledric]], king of [[Dumnonia]] (approximate date)
* [[Dayi Daoxin]], [[Chinese Chán|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 [[theology|theologian]] (d. [[662]])
* [[Pepin of Landen|Pepin the Elder]], Frankish [[Mayor of the Palace]] (d. [[640]])
* [[Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya|Umm Salama]], wife of Muhammad (approximate date)  
* [[Wei Zheng]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[643]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Audovera]], wife of [[Chilperic I]] (approximate date)
* [[Bacurius III of Iberia|Bacurius III]], king of [[Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)|Iberia]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
* [[Eormenric of Kent|Eormenric]], king of [[Kingdom of Kent|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]])
* [[Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou|Xuan Di]], emperor of [[Northern Zhou]] (b. [[559]])
* [[Yuchi Jiong]], general of Northern Zhou

== References ==
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