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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|570}} {{Year nav|570}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:Birth of Muhammad from folio 44a of the Jami‘ al-tawarikh.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The birth of [[Muhammad]] (c. 570–632)]] __NOTOC__ Year '''570''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The [[Denomination (currency)|denomination]] 570 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 == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Europe ==== * [[Battle of Gwen Ystrad]]: A British alliance is forged between the kingdoms of [[Strathclyde]], [[Bernicia#British ''Bryneich''|Bryneich]] and [[Elmet]] (approximate date). * [[Spoleto]] becomes the capital of an independent [[Duchy of Spoleto|duchy]], under the [[Lombards|Lombard]] chieftain [[Faroald I of Spoleto|Faroald]] (approximate date). * [[Liutfrid, Duke of Alsace|Leutfred]] becomes [[Duke of Swabia|duke of Alemannia]] (modern [[Germany]]). ==== Persia ==== * [[Ctesiphon]], capital of the [[Sassanid Empire]], becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from [[Constantinople]], capital of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |title=Geography at about.com |access-date=March 1, 2006 |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==== Arabia ==== * [[Muhammad]], [[Prophets in Islam|Islamic prophet]], is born in [[Mecca]] (today's [[Saudi Arabia]]). His father [[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib]] dies a few months before his birth, so he and his mother [[Aminah bint Wahb]] are protected by Muhammad's paternal grandfather, [[Abdul Muttalib]] who is recognized as the leading figure in his tribe the [[Quraysh tribe|Quraysh.]]<ref>David Nicolle, ''Essential Histories: "The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750". The birth of Islam and the unifying of Arabia'' (2009), page 19.</ref> * [[Abraha]], Christian ruler of coastal [[Yemen]], who was acting as a general for the Christian kingdom in Abyssinia, begins a military expedition in [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] against the predominantly [[pagan]] Quraysh of Mecca,<ref>Walter W Müller, ''"Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia"''in Werner Daum (education) Yemen: ''"3000 Years of Art and Civilization in Arabia Felix"'' (1987)</ref> known as the [[Year of the Elephant]]. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * A [[limestone]] statue of [[Boddhisattva]] is created in [[Henan]] (approximate date). * The first mention is made of the [[Holy Lance|Spear of Destiny]] (approximate date). * The [[Jew]]s of [[Clermont-Ferrand]] are forced to convert to [[Christianity]]. * [[Year of the Elephant]], according to [[Islam]]ic tradition. </onlyinclude> * The [[Anonymous pilgrim of Piacenza|anonymous Pilgrim of Piacenza]] travels the Holy Sites of Christianity in Syria, Palestine and Sinai, an experience that he later writes down as a travel report (approximate date).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meyers |first1=Eric M. |title=Galilee Through the Centuries Confluence of Cultures |date=1999 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=9781575060408 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znYoChYVIrcC |access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref> == Births == * [[Ammar ibn Yasir]], companion of [[Muhammad]]. * [[Chen Yuan (prince)|Chen Yuan]], [[crown prince]] of the [[Chen dynasty]] (approximate date) * [[Childebert II]], king of [[Austrasia]] (d. [[595]]) * [[Gao Heng]], emperor of [[Northern Qi]] (d. [[577]]) * [[Imerius of Immertal]], Swiss [[monk]] (approximate date) * [[Khosrow II]], last great Sasanian king of Iran (d. [[628]]) * [[Li Dashi]], Chinese official and [[historian]] (d. [[628]]) * [[Muhammad]], last prophet of [[Islam]] (d. [[632]]) (approximate date) * [[Namri Songtsen]], king of [[Tibet]] (approximate date) * [[Pei Ji (Sui and Tang)|Pei Ji]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[629]]) * [[Pybba of Mercia|Pybba]], king of [[Mercia]] (approximate date) * [[Rigunth]], daughter of [[Chilperic I]] (d. [[585]]) * [[Theodelinda]], queen of the [[Lombards]] (d. [[628]]) == Deaths == * [[January 15]] – [[Íte of Killeedy]], Irish [[nun]] * [[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib]], father of [[Muhammad]] (b. [[545]]) * [[Abraha]], an [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksumite]] army general, Islamic tradition places his death immediately after his expedition to the [[Hejaz]] * [[Antonina (wife of Belisarius)|Antonina]], wife of [[Belisarius]] (approximate date) * [[Saint Armel|Armel]], [[Breton people|Breton]] prince and [[bishop]] (approximate date) * [[Emperor Fei of Chen|Fei Di]], emperor of the [[Chen dynasty]] * [[Gildas]], British cleric (approximate date) * [[John Philoponus]], [[Commentaries on Aristotle|Aristotelian commentator]] (b. [[490]]) * [[Soga no Iname]], leader of the [[Soga clan]] * [[Empress Zhang Yao'er|Zhang Yao'er]], empress dowager of the Chen dynasty (b. [[506]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:570}} [[Category:570| ]]
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