Editing 585

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[[File:Galician-suevic-kingdom.png|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Suebic Kingdom of Galicia|Suevic Kingdom]] in [[Gallaecia]] (6th century)]]
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Year '''585''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 585 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 ====
* King [[Childebert II]], age 15, takes up his sole rule of [[Austrasia]]. A [[Franks|Frankish]] army under King [[Guntram]] marches to [[Comminges]] ([[Pyrenees]]), and besieges the [[citadel]] of [[Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges|Saint-Bertrand]].
* [[July]] &ndash; [[Gundoald]], [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] usurper king, and his followers are defeated during the [[siege]] of Saint-Bertrand. He is executed and Guntram stages a triumphal entry into [[Orléans]].
* The [[Visigoths]] under King [[Liuvigild]] devastate the [[Suebic Kingdom of Galicia|Suevic Kingdom]] in [[Gallaecia]] (northwest [[Spain]]). After the conquest, Liuvigild reintroduces the [[Arianism|Arian Church]] among the [[Suebi|Sueves]].<ref>Thompson 1979, p. 105</ref>
* Winter &ndash; [[Famine]] strikes [[Gaul]] (according to [[Gregory of Tours]]). [[Merchant|Traders]] plunder the people by selling scarcely a peck of [[Cereal|grain]] or half measure of [[wine]] for the third of a [[gold]] piece.

==== Persia ====
* The [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] commander, [[Kardarigan (6th century)|Kardarigan]] ("black hawk"), begins an unsuccessful [[siege]] of [[Kızıltepe|Monokarton]] (modern [[Turkey]]).

==== Britain ====

* [[Hussa of Bernicia|Hussa]] succeeds his brother [[Frithuwald of Bernicia|Frithuwald]] as king of [[Bernicia]] (approximate date).
* [[Creoda of Mercia|Creoda]] becomes king of [[Mercia]] (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').

==== Asia ====
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Emperor Bidatsu]], age 47, dies of [[smallpox]] after a 13-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother [[Emperor Yōmei|Yōmei]] as the [[List of emperors of Japan|31st emperor]] of [[Japan]].
* Emperor [[Emperor Jing of Western Liang|Xiao Jing Di]] succeeds his father [[Emperor Ming of Western Liang|Xiao Ming Di]] as ruler of the [[Liang dynasty]] ([[China]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* King [[Wideok of Baekje]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]]) sends an official escort (bearing [[tribute]]), along with a master of [[Buddhism|Buddhist meditation]], a reciter of Buddhist [[Spell (paranormal)|magic spell]]s, a temple architect, and a [[Sculpture|sculptor]] of [[Buddhist art|Buddhist image]]s, to the Chinese court of the [[Sui dynasty]] (approximate date).
* The [[Armenia]]n bishop Kardutsat goes with 7 [[priest]]s, on a missionary trip to the [[steppe]]s north of the [[Caucasus]]. He succeeds in [[Baptism|baptizing]] many [[Huns]] and in translating books into their language.<ref>Zachariah of Mitylene, Syriac Chronicle (1899), Book 12</ref> 
* [[Columbanus]], Irish [[missionary]], gathers 12 companions for his journey to [[Great Britain|Britain]], probably to the [[Scotland|Scottish]] coast. After a short time, he crosses the [[English Channel]] and lands in [[Brittany]] ([[France]]).<ref>Edmonds, Columba (1908)</ref>
* [[Zhiyi]], Chinese [[Bhikkhu|monk]], returns to the city of [[Nanjing|Jinling]], where he completes his commentarial works on the [[Lotus Sutra]].
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== Births ==
* [[Du Ruhui]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[630]])
* [[Edwin of Northumbria]], king of [[Deira]] and [[Bernicia]] (d. [[633]])
* [[Goar of Aquitaine]], [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] and [[hermit]] (approximate date)
* [[Yang Jian (Sui prince)|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]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Hermenegild]], [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] prince (or [[586]])
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Emperor Bidatsu|Bidatsu]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. [[538]])<ref>[[Delmer M. Brown|Brown, Delmer]]. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&pg=PA262&dq=  ''Gukanshō,'' pp. 262-263].</ref>
* [[Cassiodorus]], Roman [[:wikt:statesman|statesman]] and writer (approximate date)
* [[Frithuwald of Bernicia|Frithuwald]], king of Bernicia (approximate date)
* [[Gundoald]], [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] usurper king (approximate date)
* [[John of Ephesus]], Armenian [[bishop]] (approximate date)
* [[Rigunth]], daughter of [[Chilperic I]] (b. [[570]])
* [[Emperor Ming of Western Liang|Xiao Ming Di]], emperor of the [[Liang dynasty]] (b. [[542]])

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