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Calendar overview 580
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| 580 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 28/29 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 572/573 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1123/24 (southern Buddhism); 1122/23 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 54th (55th) cycle
Year of the Metal Rat庚子 ( at the beginning of the Earth Pig year 己亥) |
| Jewish calendar | 4340/41 (September 25-26) |
| Coptic calendar | 296/297 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCXXXIII (1333)
Diocletian's era : 296/297 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 890/891 (April)
Syria: 891/892 (October) |
| Spanish era | 618 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 636/637 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- from around 580: The southern Slavs move south in front of the Avars , cross the Danube and begin to conquer the Eastern Roman Empire in the area of today's Bulgaria , Serbia , North Macedonia and northern Greece ; in the next few decades they even penetrated to the Peloponnese (Slavic place names).
- around 580: The Slavs also expand to the west: the Carantans and Slovenes push the Slavic settlement area against the Lombards and Bavarians as far as Linz , the Mur and Drava .
- around 580 (?): Bernicias victory over the British at Caer Greu.
Asia
- an-Numan III. becomes ruler of the northern Arabian Lachmids .
religion
Born
Exact date of birth unknown
- Magnus von Oderzo , Christian saint († around 670)
- Wei Zheng , Chinese politician († 643 )
Born around 580
- Agilus , abbot and missionary in Bavaria († around 650)
- Maximus Confessor , Greek theologian († 662 )
- Pippin the Elder "von Landen", Franconian house meier († 640 )
Died
Exact date of death unknown
Born around 580
- Martin of Braga , bishop and Catholic saint (* around 515 )
- Dorotheos of Gaza , Christian monk and saint (* 505 )
- Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus , Roman statesman, writer and scholar (* around 490 )
- after 580: Sidonius , Bishop of Mainz
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