Year 560 (DLX) was a leap year starting on Thursday[1] of the Julian calendar. The denomination 560 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
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| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 560 DLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1313 |
| Armenian calendar | 9 ԹՎ Թ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5310 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 481–482 |
| Bengali calendar | −33 |
| Berber calendar | 1510 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1104 |
| Burmese calendar | −78 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6068–6069 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3257 or 3050 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3258 or 3051 |
| Coptic calendar | 276–277 |
| Discordian calendar | 1726 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 552–553 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4320–4321 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 616–617 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 481–482 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3660–3661 |
| Holocene calendar | 10560 |
| Iranian calendar | 62 BP – 61 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 64 BH – 63 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 448–449 |
| Julian calendar | 560 DLX |
| Korean calendar | 2893 |
| Minguo calendar | 1352 before ROC 民前1352年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −908 |
| Seleucid era | 871/872 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1102–1103 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 686 or 305 or −467 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 687 or 306 or −466 |
Events edit
By place edit
Europe edit
Britain edit
- Adda succeeds his brother Glappa as king of Bernicia (approximate date).
- Ælla becomes king of Deira (this according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
- Ceawlin succeeds his father Cynric as king of Wessex (approximate date).
- Custennin ap Cado abdicates as king of Dumnonia (South West England).
- Elidyr of Strathclyde invades Gwynedd (Wales) and tries to expel his brother-in-law, king Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn.
By topic edit
Religion edit
- Columba quarrels with Finnian of Moville over authorship of a psalter, leading to a pitched battle the next year.
Births edit
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Arabic leader (d. 652)
- Constantina, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
- Eustace of Luxeuil, abbot (approximate date)
- Isidore of Seville, archbishop and scholar[2]
- Richarius, Frankish hermit and monk (approximate date)
- Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (d. 638)
- Tassilo I, duke of Bavaria (d. 610)
Deaths edit
- Aspasius of Auch, bishop of Éauze
- Audoin, king of the Lombards (approximate date)
- Chen Chang, prince of the Chen Dynasty (b. 537)
- Clodoald, Merovingian prince (approximate date) (b. 522)
- Cynric, king of Wessex[3]
- Domitian of Huy, Frankish bishop and saint
- Glappa, king of Bernicia (approximate date)
- Ming Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 534)
- Thurisind, king of the Gepids (approximate date)
- Yang Yin, official of Northern Qi (b. 511)[4]
References edit
- ^ "Year 560 Calendar – Julian calendar". timeanddate.com.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia St. Isidore of Seville
- ^ "Cynric | king of Wessex". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four. BRILL. September 18, 2014. p. 1855. ISBN 978-90-04-27185-2.