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Calendar overview 581
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| 581 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 29/30 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 573/574 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1124/25 (southern Buddhism); 1123/24 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 54th (55th) cycle
Year of the Metal Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal Rat 庚子) |
| Jewish calendar | 4341/42 (September 14/15) |
| Coptic calendar | 297/298 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCCXXXIV (1334)
Diocletian's era : 297/298 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 891/892 (April)
Syria: 892/893 (October) |
| Spanish era | 619 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 637/638 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Empire of China
Ideal portrait of Emperor Wen on the Thirteen Emperor Scroll by Yan Liben (600–673) from the Tang Dynasty
- The Chinese General Yang Jiang , who overthrew the Northern Qi Dynasty on behalf of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in 577 , eliminated the heirs of the last emperor of the Zhou Dynasty after the death in 580 and established the Sui Dynasty himself . As emperor he calls himself Wen Di. This ends the time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties .
Empire of the Gök Turks
- After the death of Arslan Tobo-Khan ("Taspar"), his successor Shetu Baga Yshbara, as the leader of the East Turks, rivaled the West Turks under Qara-Churin Turk Bogiu: the first Gök-Turk empire is now formally falling apart.
Roman-Persian Wars
- The Ghassanid ruler Al-Mundir III, a vassal of the Eastern Roman Empire , is deposed by its emperor Tiberios I for alleged treason. The Ghassanid Empire begins to fall apart.
- Defeat of the Persians against the Eastern Roman general Maurikios .
Born
- Sun Simiao , Chinese doctor and religious scholar († 682 )
Died
- Cybard von Angoulême , Frankish monk and priest (* around 504 )