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"King Athanagild (554–567) Year 554 (DLIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 554 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events = By place = Byzantine Empire * August 13 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issues a pragmatic sanction reorganizing Italy and rewards the praetorian prefect Liberius for over 60 years of distinguished service, granting him extensive estates in Italy. * October - Battle of the Volturnus: In the spring Butilinus (Buccelin) has marched north; the Frankish army (infected by an epidemic of dysentery which kills their leader Leutharis (Lothair)) is reduced to about 30,000 men. The Byzantine army, with 18,000 men (including a contingent of Goths under Aligern), marches south to meet them at Casilinum (on the banks of the River Volturno). Byzantine eunuch general Narses sends a cavalry force under Chanaranges to destroy the supply wagons of the Franks. Outmanoeuvring Butilinus, he chooses a disposition similar to that at Taginae. After a frontal assault on the Byzantine centre, the Franks and the Alamanni are annihilated, thus effectively ending the Gothic War (535–554). Narses garrisons in Italy an army of 16,000 men. The recovery of the Italian Peninsula has cost the empire about 300,000 pounds of gold. Europe * Byzantine forces under Liberius seize Granada (Andalusia) and occupy the old province of Baetica. Justinian I calls Belisarius out of retirement, to complete the consolidation of reconquered regions of Southern Spain. * Athanagild is crowned as king of the Visigoths and succeeds Agila I. He acknowledges the suzerainty of the Byzantine Empire. Asia * Al- Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man is defeated and killed by the Ghassanids under al- Harith ibn Jabalah, at the battle of Yawm Halima; 'Amr III ibn al-Mundhir succeeds as king of the Lakhmids. * Gong Di succeeds his brother Fei Di as emperor of Western Wei. He is deposed by general Yuwen Tai who puts him to death. * The province of Jiangling (Central China) is captured; 100,000 inhabitants are enslaved and distributed to generals and officials. * Wei Shou completes compilation of the Book of Wei. * Baekje and the Gaya Confederacy wage war upon Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, but are defeated. * Wideok becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje. * Muqan Qaghan succeeds his brother Issik Qaghan as emperor (khagan) of the Göktürks. * The second and larger of the two Buddhas of Bamyan is erected in central Afghanistan.Cohen, Roger. "Return to Bamiyan", The New York Times, October 29, 2007. Accessed October 29, 2007. = By topic = Religion * Cassiodorus, Roman statesman, founds the Monastery at Vivarium (approximate date).Jean Leclerq, "The Love of Learning and the Desire for God", 2nd revised edition (New York: Fordham, Fordham University Press, (1977), p. 25 Births *exact date unknown **Fei (Chen Bozong), emperor of the Chen Dynasty (d. 570) **Suiko, empress of Japan (d. 628) *probable Wendelin of Trier, Germanic hermit and abbot Deaths *March - Agila I, king of the Visigoths *exact date unknown **Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, king of the Lakhmids (Iraq) **Fei Di (Yuan Qin), emperor of Western Wei **Mermeroes, Persian general **Seong, king of Baekje (Korea) *probable **Liberius, Roman aristocrat **Yuwen, empress of Western Wei References "
"King Chlothar I (c. 497–561) Year 558 (DLVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 558 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events = By place = Byzantine Empire * May 7 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses due to an earthquake. Emperor Justinian I orders the dome to be rebuilt. Europe * The Avars and the Slavs occupy the Hungarian Plain on the Balkans. The threat of Avar domination prompts the Lombards to migrate to Italy. * December 13 – King Chlothar I reunites the Frankish Kingdom after his brother Childebert I dies, becoming sole ruler of the Franks. * Conall mac Comgaill becomes king of Dál Riata, a Gaelic overkingdom on the western coast of Scotland. Asia * Istämi, ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate, establishes diplomatic relations with the Byzantine Empire. = By topic = Religion * December 23 – The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is dedicated by Germain, bishop of Paris. * The Bangor Abbey is founded by the Irish abbot Comgall in Northern Ireland (approximate date). Births * Gao Yan, prince of Northern Qi (d. 571) * Yu Shinan, calligrapher and official (d. 638) Deaths * May 1 - Marcouf, missionary and saint * May 13 - John the Silent, bishop and saint * May 15 - Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk * December 13 - Childebert I, king of the FranksEncyclopædia Britannica 1911 edition Childebert I * Abraham of Kratia, Christian monk (approximate date) * Empress Dugu, Northern Zhou consort * Gabrán mac Domangairt, king of Dál Riata * Jing Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 543) References "
"Year 559 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 559 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events = By place = Byzantine Empire * Winter - The Kutrigurs and Huns under Zabergan cross the frozen Danube River, and invade the Balkans. They raid Thracia and Macedonia, but are driven back near Constantinople by a Byzantine force under Belisarius. Outside the city walls he defeats the "barbarians" with his veteran cavalry (bucellarii), and a few thousand hastily raised levies. Britain * Glappa succeeds his father Ida as king of Bernicia (North East England). During his rule, Anglian settlers expand their territory in what is now southeastern Scotland. Asia * First successful human flight: a manned kite lands in the proximity of Ye, China. Emperor Wen Xuan Di sponsors the flight; Yuan Huangtou, a prisoner, is the unwilling aviator; other imprisoned kite flyers also fly, but those die and Yuan survives. Yuan is executed afterwards.（永定三年）使元黄头与诸囚自金凤台各乘纸鸱以飞，黄头独能至紫陌乃堕，仍付御史中丞毕义云饿杀之。 (Rendering: [In the 3rd year of Yongding, 559], Gao Yang conducted an experiment by having Yuan Huangtou and a few prisoners launch themselves from a tower in Ye, capital of the Northern Qi. Yuan Huangtou was the only one who survived from this flight, as he glided over the city-wall and fell at Zimo [western segment of Ye] safely, but he was later executed.) Zizhi Tongjian 167. * Wen Di, age 37, succeeds his uncle Chen Wu Di as emperor of the Chen Dynasty. During his reign, he consolidates the state against the rebellious warlords. * The city-state Ara Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy, surrenders to Silla in the Korean peninsula. * Pyeongwon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo. Births * Reccared I, king of the Visigoths (d. 601) * Wu Shihuo, father of Wu Zetian (d. 635) * Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (d. 580) Deaths * Chen Wu Di, emperor of the Chen Dynasty (b. 503) * Ida, king of Bernicia (approximate date) * Leonard of Noblac, Frankish abbot and saint * Wen Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Qi (b. 529) References "