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[[File:Emperor Wu of Chen.jpg|thumb|right|259px|Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Chen|Chen Wu Di]] (503–559)]]
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Year '''557''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 557 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.

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

==== Europe ====
* The [[Avar Khaganate|Avars]] arrive in the northern region of the [[Caucasus]], between the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Caspian Sea]]. They send envoys to the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] in [[Lazica]] (modern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]). Like the [[Huns]], the Avars are the former elite of a central Asian federation, which has been forced to flee westwards.<ref>Rome at War (AD 293–696), p. 59. Michael Whitby, 2002. {{ISBN|1-84176-359-4}}</ref>

====Byzantine Empire====
* [[December 14]] &ndash; The [[557 Constantinople earthquake]] occurs.

==== Asia ====
* The [[Western Wei]] Dynasty ends: [[Yuwen Hu]] deposes emperor [[Emperor Gong of Western Wei|Gong Di]], and places [[Yuwen Tai]]'s son [[Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou|Xiaomin]] on the throne. Yuwen Hu becomes [[regent]] and establishes the [[Northern Zhou]] dynasty in China. 
* [[Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou|Ming Di]] is made emperor, after his younger brother Xiao Min Di is arrested while trying to assume power. Xiao Min Di is deposed and executed by Yuwen Hu.
* The [[Liang dynasty]] ends: [[Emperor Wu of Chen|Chen Wu Di]], a distinguished general, becomes the first emperor of the [[Chen dynasty]] in Southern China.
* The [[Göktürks]] under [[Muqan Qaghan]] ally with the [[Sasanian Empire|Persian Empire]], and destroy the [[Hephthalite Empire|Hephthalites]] (White Huns) in Central Asia.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* King [[Chlothar I]] of the [[Franks]] founds the [[Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons|Abbey of St. Medard]] at [[Soissons]] (Northern France).
* The [[Jiming Temple]] in [[Nanjing]] is built; the [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[pagoda]] is located near [[Xuanwu Lake]].
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== Births ==
* [[Dushun]], Chinese ([[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]]) patriarch (d. [[640]])
* [[Gao Wei]], emperor of [[Northern Qi]] (d. [[577]])
* [[Ouyang Xun]], [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar (d. [[641]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Leobinus]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres|bishop of Chartres]]
*''exact date unknown''
**Saint [[Cyriacus the Anchorite]], legendary centenarian (b. [[448]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Panayiotis Tzamalikos|title=The Real Cassian Revisited: Monastic Life, Greek Paideia, and Origenism in the Sixth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRlCUGP8ZnEC&pg=PA135|date=June 8, 2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-22440-7|page=135}}</ref>
**[[Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou|Xiao Min Di]], emperor of [[Northern Zhou]] (b. [[542]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Jinhua Chen|title=Monks and monarchs, kinship and kingship: Tanqian in Sui Buddhism and politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=24kkAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Scuola italiana di studi sull'Asia orientale|isbn=978-4-900793-21-7}}</ref>

== References ==
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