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Heads of state

Calendar overview 558
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Coin of Chlothar I.
After the death of his brother Childebert I , Chlothar I was able to reunite the Frankish Empire in his hands.
558 in other calendars
Armenian calendar 6/7 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar 550/551
Buddhist calendar 1101/02 (southern Buddhism); 1100/01 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 54th (55th) cycle

Year of the Earth Tiger戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Ox 丁丑)

Jewish calendar 4318/19 (August 30/31)
Coptic calendar 274/275
Roman calendar from urbe condita MCCCXI (1311)

Diocletian's era : 274/275 (November turn of the year)

Seleucid era Babylon: 868/869 (April)

Syria: 869/870 (October)

Spanish era 596
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) 614/615 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Expansion of the Franconian Empire until 814
  • December 23 : After the death of his brother Childebert I , Chlothar I was able to reunite the Franconian Empire in his hands. Against the Saxons and Thuringians , who are now robbed of their Frankish ally, Chlothar retains the upper hand; He has his son Chramn, who had made a pact with Childebert, killed.
  • By the Göktürks pushed aside to the west Avars reached via the southern Russian steppe Europe, where they are pursued by the Turks.

Religion and culture

Died

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