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Events
By place
Europe
Britain
- Adda succeeds his brother Glappa as king of Bernicia (approximate date).
- Ælla becomes king of Deira (this according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
- Ceawlin succeeds his father Cynric as king of Wessex (approximate date).
- Custennin ap Cado abdicates as king of Dumnonia (South West England).
- Elidyr of Strathclyde invades Gwynedd (Wales) and tries to expel his brother-in-law, King Rhun ap Maelgwn.
By topic
Religion
- Columba quarrels with Finnian of Moville over authorship of a psalter, leading to a pitched battle the next year.
Births
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Arabic leader (d. 652)
- Constantina, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
- Eustace of Luxeuil, abbot (approximate date)
- Isidore of Seville, archbishop and scholar[2]
- Richarius, Frankish hermit and monk (approximate date)
- Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (d. 638)
- Tassilo I, duke of Bavaria (d. 610)
Deaths
- Aspasius of Auch, bishop of Éauze
- Audoin, king of the Lombards (approximate date)
- Chen Chang, prince of the Chen dynasty (b. 537)
- Clodoald, Merovingian prince (approximate date) (b. 522)
- Cynric, king of Wessex[3]
- Domitian of Huy, Frankish bishop and saint
- Dorotheus of Gaza, monk and abbot (approximate date)
- Glappa, king of Bernicia (approximate date)
- Ming Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 534)
- Thurisind, king of the Gepids (approximate date)
- Yang Yin, official of Northern Qi (b. 511)[4]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Year 560 Calendar – Julian calendar". timeanddate.com.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia St. Isidore of Seville
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cynric | king of Wessex". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four. BRILL. September 18, 2014. p. 1855. ISBN 978-90-04-27185-2.
