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Calendar overview 590
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 the Sassanid Empire . |
 becomes Pope . |
| 590 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 38/39 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 582/583 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1133/34 (southern Buddhism); 1132/33 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 54th (55th) cycle
Year of the Metal Dog庚戌 ( at the beginning of the year Earth Rooster 己酉) |
| Jewish calendar | 4350/51 (September 4th / 5th) |
| Coptic calendar | 306/307 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCXLIII (1343)
Diocletian's era : 306/307 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 900/901 (April)
Syria: 901/902 (October) |
| Spanish era | 628 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 646/647 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Persian Empire
- February 6th : The Sassanid great king Hormizd IV. Is overthrown, blinded , imprisoned and finally murdered by the Persian nobility . In his place his son Chosrau II is lifted to the throne. But this must first flee from the rebellion of the military leader Bahram Chobin , who proclaimed himself Great King in Ctesiphon on March 9 and defended Bahram VI. is called. But Bahram can only last a year.
Europe
- Agilulf is elected King of the Longobards .
- After Ceawlin's death , Ceol becomes King of Wessex .
- around 590: Northern British troops (North Rheged , Strathclyde , Bryneich, Elmet ) besiege the troops of King Hussa of Bernicia near Lindisfarne ; Northumbria is saved by British disagreement.
Byzantine Empire
- The Eastern Roman Emperor Maurikios founded the exarchate of Carthage , which lasted until the Arabs' conquest in 698 . Gennadios I becomes the first exarch .
First documentary mentions
- Eppan is mentioned for the first time in a document
religion
- February 7th : Pope Pelagius II dies of an epidemic known as the " plague ". On September 3 is Gregory the Great chosen as his successor.
- Everigisil becomes Bishop of Cologne .
- Columban the Younger founds the Luxeuil monastery in the Vosges near an old pagan place of worship. The Marmoutier monastery is founded in Alsace .
- The Council of Seville takes place.
Born
- Harsha , Indian great king († 647 )
- around 590: Desiderius of Cahors , Bishop of Cahors, saint († 655 )
- around 590: Fiacrius , Irish hermit († 670 )
Died
- February 7th : Pelagius II , Pope
- September 5 : Authari , King of the Longobards (* around 540 )
- Hormizd IV. , Persian great king
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