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[[File:Jean-Joseph Dassy (1796-1865) - Caribert, roi franc de Paris et de l'ouest de Gaule (mort en 567).jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Charibert I]] (c. 517–567)]]
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Year '''567''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 567 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 [[Lombard–Gepid War (567)]] ends with a [[Lombards|Lombard]]-[[Pannonian Avars|Avar]] victory, and the annihilation of the [[Gepids]].
* [[Sigebert I]], king of [[Austrasia]], marries [[Brunhilda of Austrasia|Brunhilda]], and his half brother [[Chilperic I]] marries [[Galswintha]], both daughters of the Visigothic king [[Athanagild]].
* King [[Charibert I]] dies without an heir; his [[realm]] (region [[Neustria]] and [[Aquitaine]]) is divided between his brothers [[Guntram]], Sigebert I and Chilperic I.<ref name="James317">''Charibert I'', Edward James, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity'', ed. Oliver Nicholson, (Oxford University Press, 2018), 317.</ref> 
* [[Liuva I]] succeeds his predecessor Athanagild, after an [[interregnum]] of five months, and becomes king of the [[Visigoths]].<ref>Isidore, chapter 46; translated by Donini and Ford, p. 22</ref>

====China====
*[[Three Disasters of Wu]]: Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou|Wu Di]] of the [[Northern Zhou dynasty]] initiates the second persecution of Buddhists in China. This persecution continues until he is succeeded by his son Emperor [[Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou|Xuan]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Second Council of Tours]] is held. It decrees that any [[Clergy|cleric]] found in bed with his wife will be [[Excommunication|excommunicated]].
* [[John Scholasticus|John III]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]], organizes a compromise between the [[Council of Chalcedon|Chalcedonians]] and [[Monophysites]].
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== Births ==
* [[Ingund (wife of Hermenegild)|Ingund]], wife of [[Hermenegild]] (or [[568]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Pope The Yoshis I of Alexandria|Theodosius I]], [[patriarch of Alexandria]]
* [[Athanagild]], king of the [[Visigoths]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=McKitterick |first1=Rosamond |last2=Fouracre |first2=Paul |last3=Reuter |first3=Timothy |last4=Abulafia |first4=David |last5=Luscombe |first5=David Edward |last6=Allmand |first6=C. T. |last7=Riley-Smith |first7=Jonathan |last8=Jones |first8=Michael |title=The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 1, C.500-c.700 |date=1995 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521362917 |page=183 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcmwuoTsKO0C&pg=PA183|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Charibert I]], king of the [[Franks]]<ref name="James317" />
* [[Cissa of Sussex|Cissa]], king of the [[Kingdom of Sussex|South Saxons]]
* [[Cunimund]], king of the [[Gepids]]

== References ==
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