Editing 589

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[[File:Sui Wendi Tang.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wen]] of the [[Sui dynasty]] (541–604)]]
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Year '''589''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 589 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|Byzantine–Sassanid War]]: A [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] army under [[Bahrām Chobin]] captures the fortress city of [[Silvan, Turkey|Martyropolis]] (modern [[Turkey]]).

==== Europe ====
* [[May 15]] &ndash; King [[Authari]] marries [[Theodelinda]], daughter of the [[Bavaria]]n duke [[Garibald I of Bavaria|Garibald I]]. A [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], she has great influence at court and among the [[Lombards|Lombard]] nobility.
* King [[Childebert II]] attempts to impose [[tax]]es on the citizens of [[Tours]]; Bishop [[Gregory of Tours|Gregory]] successfully opposes this by claiming [[state immunity]] instituted by [[Fredegund]].
* King [[Guntram]] sends an expedition into [[Septimania]] (Southern [[Gaul]]), in support of a rebellion by the Arian bishop [[Athaloc]]. 
* [[Claudius, Duke of Lusitania|Claudius]], duke (''[[dux]]'') of [[Lusitania]], defeats the [[Franks]] and [[Burgundians]] at [[Carcassonne]] ([[Languedoc]]) on the [[Aude (river)|Aude River]].
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Breach at Cucca]]. The [[Adige River]] overflows its banks, flooding the church of [[Zeno of Verona|St. Zeno]] and damaging the walls of [[Verona]].
* The [[Bubonic plague|plague]] hits [[Rome]], and its victims include [[Pope Pelagius II]].

==== Persia ====
* [[First Perso-Turkic War]]: The Sassanid Persians capture the cities [[Balkh]] and [[Herat]] ([[Afghanistan]]). They cross the [[Amu Darya|Oxus River]] and repulse a [[Göktürks|Turkic]] invasion.

==== Asia ====
* The [[Early Imperial China|Chinese Empire]] is reunited under the leadership of Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wéndi]] ([[Sui dynasty]]), who defeats the Chen forces at [[Jiankang]] (modern [[Nanjing]]), ending the [[Chen dynasty]] (the last of the [[Northern and Southern dynasties|Southern dynasties]]) that has ruled since [[557]].
* [[Yan Zhitui]], scholar-official, makes the first reference to the use of [[toilet paper]] in human history. It is used in the Chinese [[Court (royal)|imperial court]] and amongst the other wealthy citizens.
* [[Tulan Qaghan]], son of [[Ishbara Qaghan]], becomes the seventh ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Gregory I|Gregory]], [[archdeacon]] of Rome, converts English slaves on the Roman [[Market (place)|market]]. He calls them [[Angel]]s if they would be [[Christians]].<ref>A Chronicle of England (1864), James Edmund Doyle, p. 22</ref>
* The [[Third Council of Toledo]], called by King [[Reccared I]] of the [[Visigoths]], renounces [[Arianism]] and embraces [[Catholicism]].
* The [[Council of Narbonne (589)|Council of Narbonne]] is held. In Septimania, [[Jews]] are forbidden from chanting [[psalm]]s while burying their dead.
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== Births ==
* [[Li Jiancheng]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[626]])
* [[Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan]], wife of [[Muhammad]] (d. [[AD 666|666]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Saint David|David]], Welsh [[bishop]] and [[Patron saint|saint]] 
* [[Bagha Qaghan]], ruler of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]]
* [[Finnian of Moville]], Irish [[missionary]] (b. [[495]])
* [[Consort Zhang Lihua|Zhang Lihua]], consort of the [[Chen dynasty]]

== References ==
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