573

Year 573 (DLXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 573 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
573 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar573
DLXXIII
Ab urbe condita1326
Armenian calendar22
ԹՎ ԻԲ
Assyrian calendar5323
Balinese saka calendar494–495
Bengali calendar−20
Berber calendar1523
Buddhist calendar1117
Burmese calendar−65
Byzantine calendar6081–6082
Chinese calendar壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
3269 or 3209
     to 
癸巳年 (Water Snake)
3270 or 3210
Coptic calendar289–290
Discordian calendar1739
Ethiopian calendar565–566
Hebrew calendar4333–4334
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat629–630
 - Shaka Samvat494–495
 - Kali Yuga3673–3674
Holocene calendar10573
Iranian calendar49 BP – 48 BP
Islamic calendar51 BH – 50 BH
Javanese calendar461–462
Julian calendar573
DLXXIII
Korean calendar2906
Minguo calendar1339 before ROC
民前1339年
Nanakshahi calendar−895
Seleucid era884/885 AG
Thai solar calendar1115–1116
Tibetan calendar阳水龙年
(male Water-Dragon)
699 or 318 or −454
     to 
阴水蛇年
(female Water-Snake)
700 or 319 or −453
Gregory of Tours (c. 538–594)

Events

Byzantine Empire

  • Byzantine–Sassanid War: Persian forces under the command of King Khosrau I capture the Byzantine stronghold of Dara, after a six-month siege. Meanwhile, a smaller Persian army under Adarmahan advances from Babylon through the desert, crosses the Euphrates River and ravages Syria. The cities of Apamea and Antiochia are plundered.[1]

Europe

  • King Sigibert I goes to war against his half brother Chilperic I of Neustria at the urging of his wife, Brunhilda. He appeals to the Germans on the right bank of the Rhine for help, and they obligingly attack the environs of Paris and Chartres.
  • The Lombards again raid Southern Gaul, but are defeated by the Franks under Mummolus, patricius and son of the Gallo-Roman count of Auxerre, and are driven out.
  • King Cleph completes the Lombard conquest of Tuscany (Central Italy) and extends his dominion to the gates of Ravenna.
  • Sigibert I appoints Gregory to succeed his mother's cousin, Eufronius, as bishop of Tours (approximate date).

Britain

  • The Battle of Arfderydd is fought between Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio and the sons of Eliffer, Gwrgi and Peredur. The forces of Gwenddoleu are killed, and Myrddin Wyllt goes mad watching this defeat (according to the Annales Cambriae).

Religion

Births

  • Abu Bakr, Muslim Caliph (approximate date)
  • Chen Yin, crown prince of the Chen Dynasty
  • Dou Jiande, general of the Sui Dynasty (d. 621)
  • Jing Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (d. 581)
  • Lupus of Sens, French bishop (approximate date)

Deaths

  • June 11 Emilian of Cogolla, Iberic saint (b. 472)
  • Brendan of Birr, Irish abbot (approximate date)
  • Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio, Brythonic king
  • Narses, Byzantine general (b. 478)
  • Wang Lin, Chinese general (b. 526)

References

  1. Greatrex & Lieu 2002, pp. 146–149, 150
Bibliography
  • Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD). New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 0-415-14687-9.
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