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Calendar overview 591
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| 591 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 39/40 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 583/584 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1134/35 (southern Buddhism); 1133/34 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 54th (55th) cycle
Year of the metal pig辛亥 ( at the beginning of the year metal dog 庚戌) |
| Jewish calendar | 4351/52 (23/24 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 307/308 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCCXLIV (1344)
Diocletian's era : 307/308 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 901/902 (April)
Syria: 902/903 (October) |
| Spanish era | 629 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 647/648 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman-Persian Wars
- Roman-Persian Wars : The Persian Great King Chosrau II , who fled to Constantinople from the usurper Bahram Chobin , can recapture his throne with Eastern Roman help after his victory in the Battle of Blarathon . In return, he grants East some border areas in Armenia and Georgia . Bahram is believed to be fleeing to the Gök Turks . In the relationship between Byzantium and the Sassanid Empire , the former became the dominant power for ten years.
Europe
- Conquest of the Slavs in the Balkans : Beginning of the Balkan campaigns of Maurikios , a long series of mostly successful campaigns by the Eastern Romans against the Avars and Slavs , in which Eastern Roman armies chase after the Avars and Slavs across the Danube in order to inflict defeats on them too. These campaigns will find no earlier than the fall of the Emperor Maurikios following the flare-up again war with Persia 602 / 603 to an end and give the Danubian provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire a respite until at least 612 .
- The Lombard king Agilulf marries Theodelinde, the widow of his predecessor Authari .
Born
- Gundeperga , Lombard Queen († around 655 )
Died
Date of death secured
- August 25 : Aredius of Limoges , Christian saint and abbot (* around 511 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Spring: Zotto , Duke of Benevento
- Faroald I Duke of Spoleto
- Li Delin , Chinese politician (* 531 )
- Johannes Mystakon , Eastern Roman general (* 545 )
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