595

Year 595 (DXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 595 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:
595 by topic
Leaders
  • Political entities
  • State leaders
  • Religious leaders
Categories
  • Births
  • Deaths
595 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar595
DXCV
Ab urbe condita1348
Armenian calendar44
ԹՎ ԽԴ
Assyrian calendar5345
Balinese saka calendar516–517
Bengali calendar2
Berber calendar1545
Buddhist calendar1139
Burmese calendar−43
Byzantine calendar6103–6104
Chinese calendar甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
3291 or 3231
    — to —
乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
3292 or 3232
Coptic calendar311–312
Discordian calendar1761
Ethiopian calendar587–588
Hebrew calendar4355–4356
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat651–652
 - Shaka Samvat516–517
 - Kali Yuga3695–3696
Holocene calendar10595
Iranian calendar27 BP – 26 BP
Islamic calendar28 BH – 27 BH
Javanese calendar484–485
Julian calendar595
DXCV
Korean calendar2928
Minguo calendar1317 before ROC
民前1317年
Nanakshahi calendar−873
Seleucid era906/907 AG
Thai solar calendar1137–1138
Tibetan calendar阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
721 or 340 or −432
    — to —
阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
722 or 341 or −431
The Zhaozhou Bridge (Hebei Province, China)

Events

Byzantine Empire
  • Balkan Campaign: A Byzantine relief force under Priscus marches up the Danube River along the southern bank to Novae (modern Bulgaria). The fortress city of Singidunum (Belgrade) is plundered by the Avars, and abandoned after the approach of the Byzantines. The Avars retreat and launch a raid against Dalmatia.

Europe
  • October – King Childebert II dies; his mother Brunhilda attempts to rule Austrasia and Burgundy, as regent for her grandsons. He is succeeded by his two young sons, Theudebert II and Theuderic II.
  • The Lombards sack the town of Terracina (Central Italy). After they conquer more cities, Terracina remains an important military stronghold of the Byzantine Empire.
  • After the death of Euin, Gaidoald becomes the Duke of Trent (Northern Italy).

Britain
  • King Dynod Bwr of the Pennines (Northern England) dies fighting off a Bernician invasion. His kingdom Hen Ogledd ("The Old North") is overrun, and his family flees to Powys (approximate date).

Asia
  • Spring – Emperor Wéndi orders the confiscation and destruction of privately held weapons; he exempts the border provinces from this edict.[1]
  • Supratisthitavarman succeeds his father Susthitavarman, as king of the Varman Dynasty in Assam (Northeast India).
  • Construction begins on the Zhaozhou Bridge ("Safe crossing bridge") in Hebei Province, during the Sui Dynasty (China).

Religion

Births
  • Asmā' bint Abu Bakr, female companion of Muhammad (d. 695)
  • Cen Wenben, chancellor and editor of the Book of Zhou (d. 645)
  • Kim Yu-shin, general of Silla (Korea) (d. 673)
  • Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, companion of Muhammad (d. 674)
  • Talhah, disciple and companion of Muhammad (approximate date)
  • Zaynab bint Khuzayma, wife of Muhammad (d. 627)

Deaths

References
  1. Imperial Chinese Armies (p. 6). C.J. Peers, 1996. ISBN 978-1-85532-599-9
  2. The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750 (p. 22). David Nicolle, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84603-273-8
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