Editing 580 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* The [[Roman Senate]] sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to [[Constantinople]], with a gift (3,000 pounds of [[gold]]) to Emperor [[Tiberius II Constantine]], along with a plea for help against the [[Lombards]].
* The [[Slavic peoples|Slavs]] begin to [[Human migration|migrate]] into the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]]. The [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], under King (''[[khagan]]'') [[Bayan I]], invade the Lower [[Danube]] (modern [[Bulgaria]]).
* [[Siege of Sirmium]]: The Avars march to the right bank of the [[Sava|River Sava]], and besiege the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] stronghold of [[Sirmium]] ([[Pannonia (Roman province)|Pannonia]]).

==== Europe ====
* The Lombards drive the last [[Ostrogoths]] across the [[Alps]] ([[Northern Italy]]). During the "[[Rule of the Dukes]]" the Lombards adopt Roman titles, names, and traditions.<ref>"The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 500–c. 700" by Paul Fouracre and [[Rosamond McKitterick]] (p. 8)</ref>
* King [[Liuvigild]] calls for an [[Arianism|Arian]] synod in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] (central [[Spain]]), which modifies several [[doctrine]]s; he tries to unify the [[Christians]] within the [[Visigothic Kingdom]].

==== Britain ====
* [[Æthelberht of Kent|Æthelberht]] succeeds his father [[Eormenric of Kent|Eormenric]] as king (''[[bretwalda]]'') of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Northern Zhou|Northern Zhou dynasty]], strategically based in the basin of the [[Wei River]], is supreme in [[North China|Northern China]]. In the south only the [[Chen dynasty]] remains a rival.<ref>Imperial Chinese Armies (p. 24). C.J. Peers, 1995. {{ISBN|978-1-85532-514-2}}</ref>
* The Chinese city of [[Ye (ancient China)|Ye]] ([[Henan]]) is razed to the ground by [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Yang Jian]], future founder of the [[Sui dynasty]], who defeats a resistance force under [[Yuchi Jiong]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Gregory of Tours]] is brought before a council of [[bishop]]s, on charges of slandering the [[Franks|Frankish]] queen [[Fredegund]] (approximate date). 
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