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Pre-Islamic poetry flourishes
in Arabia (-622)
Many big landlords have
private military forces and prisons
Battle of Dijon - Clovis I
defeats Burgundians
Compilation of Babylonian
Talmud (-550)
Pandyas ruling at Madurai
Heptarchy of Anglo Saxon
Kingdoms - Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Wessex,
Sussex (-850)
De institutione
musica
Boethius
501
QI
-
(SOUTH)
(479-)
502
LIANG
+
(SOUTH)
(-556)
503
Battle of Mount Badon - Britons
under war leader Arthur defeat Saxons
War between Byzantine Empire
and Sassanian Persia (-505)
504
505
Eugenius, exiled Bishop of
Carthage, dies at Albi
Heruls subdue the Lombards
Adils
-
(Sweden)
(460-) Yngling
Eystein
+
(Sweden)
(-531) Yngling
Lawrence (antipope)
-
(498-)
Belisaurius
505-565
Byzantine
General
Eugenius
-505
Bishop of Carthage
506
507
Battle of Vouille - Clovis
with the help of Burgundians defeats Alaric II - extends realm south to
Pyrenees (Spr.)
Franks conquer Visigothic
Kingdom of Toulouse in Southern France
Alaric II
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(484-)
508
Lombards destroy the Heruls
Amalaric
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(508-531)
509
510
511
Merovingian Kingdom split
into four parts after death of Clovis - each of his sons ruling one
portion
Clovis I
-
(Frankish
Kingdom)
(481-) (s. Childeric
I) Merovingian
Childebert I
+
(Paris)
(511-558)
(s.
Clovis)
Merovingian
Theodoric I
+
(Austrasia)
(511-534)
(s.
Clovis)
Merovingian
Clodomir
+
(Orleans)
(-524) (s.
Clovis)
Merovingian
Clotaire I
+
(Neustria)
(511-561)(s. Clovis)
Merovingian
Clovis
I
466-511
Merovingian
King
512
Solar eclipse according to
Marcellinus Comes (6/29/512)
Flavian II, Patriarch of
Antioch is deposed and replaced by Severus
Earliest known dated text in
Arabic from Zebed, Syria
Anastasius starts favoring
his own Monophysite beliefs over other creeds
Mt. Vesuvius erupts again
Island nation of Usan-guk is
conquered by Lee Sabu. general of the Korean Silla Dynasty
St.
David
512- Patron
Saint of Wales
513
514
Jayavarman I
-
(Funan
Kingdom)
Rudravarman
+
(Funan
Kingdom)
Symmachus
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(498-)
Hormisdas
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-523)
515
De consolatione philosophiae
(Boethius)
De
musica
Boethius
516
Council of Tarragona - held
by Archbishop John of Tarragona - assembles all bishops of
province (11/6/516)
Athalaric, future King of
the Ostrogoths is born
Cnebba
...
(Kingdom
of the Iclingas)
(501-566)
King (g.s.
Eomer)
Cadwallon I
...
(Kingdom
of
Gwynedd)
(500-534)
King
Octa
...
(Kingdom
of
Kent)
(512-540)
King
Esa...
(Kingdom
of
Berbicia)
(???-525)
Clotaire I
...
(Neustria)
(511-561)
(s.
Clovis)
Merovingian
Childebert I
...
(Paris)
(511-558)
(s.
Clovis)
Merovingian
Clodomir
...
(Orleans)
(511-524)
(s.
Clovis)
(Merovingian)
Amalaric
...
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(508-531)
King
Gundibald
-
(Kingdom
of
Burgundy)
(473-516)
King
Sigismund
+
(Kingdom
of
Burgundy)
(516-524)
King
Theodoric I
...
(Austrasia)
(511-534)
(s.
Clovis)
Merovingian
Theodoric the Great ...
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(471-526)
King
Anastasius I
...
(Eastern
Roman Empire)
(491-518)
Emperor
Thrasamund
...
(Vandal
Kingdom)
(496-523)
King
Kavadh I
...
(Sassanian
Empire)
(499-531)2
Emperor
Mihirakula
...
(Huna
Kingdom)
(510-543)
King
(Indo-Hepthalite)
Xiaoming
...
(Northern
Wei
Dynasty)
(515-528)
Emperor
Wu
...
(Liang
Dynasty
)
(502-549)
Emperor
Muryeong
...
(Baekje
Kingdom)
(501-523)
25th King
Beopheung
...
(Silla
Kingdom)
(514-540)
23rd King
Munjamyeong
...
(Goryeo
Kingdom)
(491-519)
21st King
Keitai
...
(Yamato
Japan)
(507-531)
26th
Emperor
Hormisdas
...
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(514-523)
Pope
Severus
...
(Patriarchate
of Antioch)
(Syrian Orthodox
Patriarchate of Antioch.)
(512-538)
John III (II)
-
(Patriarchate
of
Alexandria)
(505-516)
Pope
Dioscorus II
+
(Patriarchate
of
Alexandria)
(516-535)
Pope
517
Slavic tribes begin to cross
the Danube into the Balkans
518
Anastasius I
-
(Eastern
Roman Empire)
(491-518)
Justin I
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-527) Eastern Roman
519
Formula of Hormisdas -
Patriarchate of Constantinople reconciles with Rome end of Acacian
Schism-
520
Kingdom of East Anglia forms
with fusion of North and South Folk
521
522
523
Clodomir defeats and murders
Sigismund, Catholic king of Burgundy - has him thrown down a well
Dionysius Exiguus devises AD
system based on birth of Jesus - later used and spread by Bede (673-735)
Justinian marries Theodora
Thrasamund
-
(Vandal
Kingdom)
(496-523)
(C)Hilderic
+
(Vandal
Kingdom)
(-530) North Africa
Hormisdas
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(514-523)
Pope
John I
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-526)
524
Battle of Vezeronce -
Burgundians under king Godomar kill Clodomir - hack off his head and
put it on
a stake
Kingdom of Orleans is
divided by Theodoric I, Childebert I and Clotaire I after Clodomir's
death
Clotaire I is chief
instigator of the murder of Clodomir's children
War between Byzantine Empire
and Persia (-531)
Clodomir
-
(Orleans)
(511-524)
King (Merovingian)
Boethius,
Anicius Manlius
Severinus
480-524
525
Ethiopians hold Sheba -
Yemen and the Hadramaut (-570)
526
Basilica di San Vitale at Ravenna begins constructionat pre-existing shrine (526-546)
Haggia Sophia construction
begins (526-565)
A
thalaric succeeds his
grandfather Theodoric the Great as king of the Ostrogoths - daughter
Amalasuntha regent
Theodoric the
Great
-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(471-526)
King
Athalaric
+
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(-534)
John
I
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(523-)
Felix IV (or III)
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-530)
Theodoric the
Great
454-526
King
of the Ostrogoths (Pannonia)
527
First Persian War of
Justinian
Justin I
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(518-)
Justinian
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565)
Emperor
528
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
529
Law Code of Justinian in
three volumes (-534)
All pagans ordered to become
Christians
Revolt of the Samaritans
Benedictine Order founded
Platonic Academy closed
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
530
Christian Abyssinia's
invasion of south Arabia
(C)Hilderic
-
(Vandal
Kingdom)
(523-) North Africa
Gelimer
+
(Vandal
Kingdom)
(-534) North Africa
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Felix IV
(or III)
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(526-)
Boniface II
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-532)
Dioscurus
(antipope?)
+-
*****
531
Clotaire I and Theodoric I
march against the Thuringians
Amalaric
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(508-)
Theudes
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Kavadh I
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(499-531)2
Emperor
Khosrau I
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-579)
Eystein
-
(Sweden)
(505-) Yngling
Yngvar
+
(Sweden)
(-545) Yngling
532
Haggia Sophia begins -
foundation stone laid
Belisaurius helps suppress
the Nika Riot (Blues and Greens)
Theodoric I ravages
Clermont-Ferrand
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Boniface II
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(530-)
533
NORTHERN WEI
-
(NORTH)
(386-)
"Eternal Peace"
signed between Byzantine Empire and Persia (532)
Beginning of Justinian's
attempt to reconquer the west
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
John II
+
(-535)
534
EASTERN WEI +
(NORTH)
(534-549)
Clotaire I and Childebert I
conquer the First Kingdom of Burgundy - King Godomar killed
Belisaurius conquers North
African Vandal Kingdom (Carthage) for Byzantine Empire
Godomar
-
(Burgundy)
(516-)
Athalaric
-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(526-)
Theodatus
+
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(-536)
Theodoric I
-
(Austrasia)
(511-) Merovingian
(s. Clovis I)
Theodebert I
+
(Austrasia)
(-548) Merovingian
(s. Theodoric I)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Gelimer
-
(Vandal
Kingdom)
(530-) North Africa
Brunhilda
534-613
Queen
(Frankish Kingdom)
Theodoric I
-534
King
of Austrasia
535
WESTERN
WEI
+
(NORTH)
(535-557)
Byzantine
forces begin to reconquer Italy under the forces of Belisaurius (535-554)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565)
Emperor
John
II
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(533-)
Agapetus
I
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(-536)
536
Alemanni
pass under Frankish rule
Belisaurius
takes Naples and Rome
Theodatus
-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(534-536)
Vitiges
+
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(536-540)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565)
Emperor
Agapetus
I
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(535-)
Silverius
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(-537)
537
Haggia Sophia destroyed by fire - foundation stone re-laid
Witiges
Ostrogothic Seige of Rome - statues thrown on top of Goths in defense (e.g.
Barberini Faun?)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565)
Emperor
Silverius
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(536-)
Vigilius
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(-555)
538
Witiges,
king of Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome leaving it to Belisaurius and
retreats to Ravenna (3/12/538)
Gabran
macDomangairt + (Dal
Riata)
King
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
539
Goths severely damage Milan
540
Fall of Milan - Belisaurius
captures Milan
Fall of Ravenna -
Belisaurius captures Ravenna
New war begins between
Byzantine Empire and Persia (-562)
End of Gupta dynasty
Rise of Chalukyas at Vatapi
Vitiges
-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(536-)
Theodebald (Hildibald) +-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
*****
Eraric
+
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(-541)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Gregory, Bishop of
Tours
540-594
Historian
Gregory the
Great
540-604
541
Belisaurius fights an
indecisive campaign against Khosru I of Persia (-542)
Eraric
-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(540-)
Tortila (Baduila)
+
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(-552)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
542
Clotaire I and brother
Childebert I attack Visigoths in Spain
Plague epidemic in Byzantine
Empire (-546)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
543
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Benedict
480-543
544
Belisaurius sent back to
Italy against Totila
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
545
Yngvar
-
(Sweden)
(531-) Yngling
Braut-Onund
+
(Sweden)
(-565) Yngling
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Fredegunde
545-597
Frankish
Queen
St.
Clotilda
-545
Frankish Queen
546
Lombard resistance to the
Gepids begins
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
547
S. Vitale construction at Ravenna ends
Justinian allows Lombards
(Langobardi) to settle in Pannonia and Noricum (modern Hungary and East
Austria)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
548
Belisaurius recalled by
Justinian and replaced by Narses
Frode VII
-
(Denmark)
(522-)
Halfdan III
+
(Denmark)
(-580)
Theodebert I
-
(Austrasia)
(534-) Merovingian
(s. Theodoric I)
Theodebald
+
(Austrasia)
(-555) Merovingian
(s. Theodebert I)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Theodora
-548
Byzantine Empress
549
EASTERN WEI -
(NORTH)
(534-)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
550
NORTHERN QI +
(NORTH)
(-577)
Gupta empire destroyed by
White Hun invasion
Saint David exports
Christianity to Wales
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Arya
Bhata
476-550
551
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
552
Buddhism introduced in Japan
Gokturk Empire Founded -
Ashina clan overthrows the Juan Juan
Tortila (Baduila)
-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(541-)
Teias
+
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(-553)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
553
Italy under Byzantine Empire
(-565)
Lombards aid the imperial
attack on the Ostrogoths
Teias
-
(Ostrogothic
Kingdom)
(552-)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
554
Belisarius temporarily
reconquers southern Spain for Byzantine Empire
Justinian reforms Egypt's
administration
(553)
Theudes
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
Athanagild
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(-567)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
555
Theodebald, Theodoric I's
grandson, king of Austrasia dies
Theodebald
-
(Austrasia)
(548-) Merovingian
(s. Theodebert I)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Vigilius
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(537-)
Theodebald
I
-555
Merovingian King of Austrasia
556
LIANG
-
(SOUTH)
(502-)
CHEN
+
(SOUTH)
(-588)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Pelagius I
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-561)
557
WESTERN WEI -
(NORTH)
(535-)
NORTHERN ZHOU + (NORTH)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
558
Clotaire I temporarily
unites his lands (Neustria) with Austrasia at the death of Childebert
(-561)
Childebert I
-
(Frankish
Empire)(Paris)
(511-) (s. Clovis)
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Childebert I
-558
559
Belisaurius returns from
retirement to drive the Bulgarians from Constantinople
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
560
Clotaire I marches into
Brtittany against his son Chramm -
Avars arrive in Lombard
territory from the Volga River
Samaritans and Jews join in
revolt
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
561
Clotaire I goes on a
pilgrimage to St. Martin's Church in Tours to repent his sins
Clotaire I dies - falls ill while
hunting in the forest of Cuise
Clotaire I's kingdom is
divided among his four sons into 3 kingdoms - Neustria, Burgundy,
Austrasia
War betweeen Neustria and
Austrasia
Clotaire I
-
(Nuestria)
(511-) (s.
Clovis) at Soissons
Chilperic I
+
(Nuestria)
(-584) (s.
Clotaire I) at Soissons
Charibert
+
(Paris)
(-567) (s.
Clotaire I) at Paris
Guntran
+
(Burgundy)
(-593) (s.
Clotaire I) at
Orleans
Sigebert I
+
(Austrasia
)
(-575) (s. Clotaire I) at Metz
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Pelagius I
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(556-)
John III
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-574)
Clotaire
I
497-561
Frankish
King
562
Avars enter Thuringia
Sigebert I moves his capital
from Reims to Metz due to incursions by the Avars (related to the Huns)
Sigebert I repels attacks by
the Avars
Huns invade Gaul aftetr
death of Clotaire I
Belisaurius accused of
conspiracy and temporarily imprisoned - shortly restored to favor
End of effective Japanese
power in Korea
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
563
Iona monastery founded by
Irish monk St. Columba - begins conversion of Picts to Christianity
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
564
Justinian
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
565
Avars allied with the
Lombards annihilate the Gepids
Justinian
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(527-565) Emperor
Justin II
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-578) nephew of Justinian
Braut-Onund
-
(Sweden)
(545-) Yngling
Ingiald Illrada
+
(Sweden)
(-623) Yngling
Belisaurius
505-565
Byzantine
General
Justinian
483-565
Byzantine
Emperor
566
567
Chilperic I murders his wife
Galswintha, sister of Brunhilda, his brother Sigebert I's wife
Kingdom of Neustria created
at the demise of one of Clotaire I's sons (Charibert) - Sigebert I
gains
territory
Charibert
-
(Frankish
Empire)(Paris)
(561-) (s. Clotaire I)
Athanagild
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(554-)
Theodomir
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(-571)
568
Lombard invasion and
conquest of northern Italy under Alboin
Sigebert I repels attacks by
the Avars
Avars dominant along the
Danube
Alboin
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-573)
569
Lombard kingdom founded by
Alcuin with Pavia as its capital
570
Abraha, Christian king of AksumiteYemen marches upon the Kaaba in order
to
destroy it
Childebert
II
570-595
King
(Austrasia) (s. Sigebert I)
Muhammed
570-632
Prophet
571
Theodomir
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(567-)
Leuva
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(-572)
572
Visigoths conquer Spain
Sheba (Arabia) becomes a
Persian province (-628)
War between Byzantine Empire
and Persia (-591)
Leuva
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(571-)
Leuvigild
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(-586)
573
Chilperic I of Neustria
attacks Austrasia - Sigebert I overruns Neustria
Pavia becomes Lomard capital
Alboin
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(568-)
Cleph
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-575)
574
John III
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(561-)
Benedict I
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-579)
575
After Cleph dies, no king
elected in Lombardy and the kingdom fell under disunited rule of 36
"dukes" (-584)
King Sigebert is murdered
under orders from Fredegund
Sigebert I
-
(Kingdom
of
Austrasia)
(561-) Merovingian
(murdered)
Childebert II
+
(Austrasia
)(Burgundy)
(-596) and
Cleph
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(573-)
Cassiodorus
488-575
576
577
Battle of Deorham -
Anglo-Saxons gain three cities
Northern Qi Dynasty in North
China ends
578
The Slavs reach the
Peloponnese
Justin II
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(565-) nephew of Justinian
Tiberius II
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-582)
579
Khosrau I
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(531-)
Ormizd IV
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-590)
Benedict I
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(574-)
Pelagius II
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-590)
580
Dysentary decimates the
inhabitants of Gaul (8/580)
Halfdan III
-
(Denmark)
(548-)
Rorik Slyngebaud
+
(Denmark)
(-588)
Maximus the
Confessor
580-622
581
SUI
+
(-618)
Wen Ti former chief minister
of the Chou founds Sui Dynasty in China
582
Tiberius II
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(578-)
Maurice
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-602)
583
584
Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of
Mercia founded in England
Lombard nobles unite and
elect Cleph's son Autharis as king to defend against Franks, Byzantines
and
popes
Autharis
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-590)
Chilperic I
-
(Frankish
Empire)
(Nuestria)
(561-) (s. Clotaire I) murdered
Fredegunde
+
(Frankish
Empire)
(Nuestria)
(-597) regent
Clotaire II
+
(Frankish
Empire)
(Nuestria)
(-628)
585
Visigoths conquer kingdom of
the Suevi in Galicia
Columbanus
585-615
Irish
Missionary
586
Leuvigild
-
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(572-)
Recared
+
(Visigoth
Kingdom)
(-601)
587
Recared, king of the
Visigoths converts to Christianity - ends hostility between Arian Spain
and
Catholic Gaul
Radegund
-587
Thuringian Princess
588
CHEN
-
(SOUTH)
(556-)
Rorik Slyngebaud
-
(Denmark)
(580-)
Ivar Vidfadme
+
(Denmark)
(-647)
589
Council of Toledo - Catholic
bishops in Spain gain power
Arabs, Khazars, and Turks
invade Persia but are defeated
Sui Dynasty begins - Wen Ti
reunites two halves of China again by conquering southern Ch'en
590
Irish monastery Luxeuil
founded in Gaul
Autharis
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(584-)
Theodelinda
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-591)
Ormizd IV
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(579-)
Khosrau II Parvez
+-
(Sassanian
Empire)
***** first reign
Bahram VI Chobin
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-591)
Pelagius II
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(579-)
Gregory I The Great
+ (Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-604)
591
History of the Franks (Gregory
of Tours)
Authari's widow Theodolinda
chooses Agilulf, a Thuringian, to become Lombard king - true state
founder
Theodelinda
-
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(590-)
Agilulf
+
(Lombard
Kingdom)
(-615)
Bahram VI Chobin
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(590-)
Khosrau II Parvez
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-628) second reign
Bistam
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-596) rebel in Media
592
Burgundy and Austrasia
united under influence of Brunhilda after death of Guntram
593
Guntran
-
(Burgundy)
(561-) (s.
Clotaire I) at Orleans
Suiko
+
(Japan)
Empress
594
Gregory, Bishop of
Tours
540-594
Historian
595
Childebert
II
570-595
King
(Austrasia)
596
Gregory the Great dispatches
the monk St. Augustine to "heathen" Kent
Childebert II
-
(Austrasia)
(575-)
Theodebert II
+
(France)
(-612)
Thierry II
+
(France)
(-613)
Bistam
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(591-) rebel in Media
597
St. Augustine lands in
England and converts kingdom of Kent to Christianity
Fredegunde
-
(Frankish
Empire)
(Nuestria)
(584-) regent
Fredegunde
545-597
Frankish
Queen
598
Brahmagupta
598-660
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