Events Ethelbert of Kent elected Bretwalda after Ceawlin of Wessex, the former Bretwalda, is deposed. ... Events After the great slaughter at Woddesbeorg, Ceawlin is deposed as both king of Wessex and Bretwalda. ... Events Empress Suiko ascends to the throne of Japan. ... Events Births Empress Kogyoku of Japan = Empress Saimei Deaths Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian Categories: 594 ... Events King Ethelbert of Kent asks for missionaries to visit his kingdom Births Deaths Categories: 596 ... Events Saint Augustine is created Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Events Aethelfrith of Northumbria possibly defeats the northern British in a major battle at Catraeth. ... Events The Chinese win the war at Ordos. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s Years: 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 Events and Trends The Byzantine conquest of Italy, completed in 560, comes to a premature end with the entrance... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s Years: 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 Events and Trends Birth of Muhammad, prophet of Islam Categories: 570s ... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s Years: 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 Events and Trends The Sui Dynasty unites China for the first time since the fall of the Western Jin... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s Years: 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 Events and Trends Pope Pope Gregory I sends a mission led by Augustine of Canterbury, consisting of forty monks... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s Years: 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 Events: Births: Deaths: 604 - Pope Gregory I the Great Categories: 600s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s Years: 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 Events: Muhammad, founding Prophet of Islam, escapes from Mecca to Medina. ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s Years: 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 Events: 622 - Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Muslim Era. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... // Overview Events Romulus Augustus, Last Western Roman Emperor 410: Rome sacked by Visigoths 452: Pope Leo I allegedly meets personally with Attila the Hun and convinces him not to sack Rome 439: Vandals conquer Carthage At some point after 440, the Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain. ... This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... // Overview Events The Roman-Persian Wars end. ...

Events

• The first mention of the state of Karantania on monuments.
• Augustine of Canterbury is sent on a mission to Kent by Pope Gregory I.
• Theudebert II becomes king of Austrasia.
• Muhammad marries Khadija (approximate date).

Karantania sometimes Carantania, Carentania, Carinthia (in old Slovenian onomastics Korotan, or Karantanija) was a Slavic principality that developed in the 6th century and was centered on the territory of contemporary Carinthia. ... Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, 604 (traditional) or 605 (Thorn)) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent, Bretwalda of England by Pope Gregory the Great in 597. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Pope Saint Gregory I or Gregory the Great (ca. ... Theudebert II (586-612), king of Austrasia (595-612), was the son and heir of Childebert II. He received the kingdom of Austrasia at the death of his father in 595, but was dominated by his grandmother Brunhilda, whom he succeeded in driving away in 599. ... Austrasia & Neustria Austrasia was the northeastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising parts of what are now eastern France, western Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. ... This article is about the prophet. ... Khadija (Arabic: خديجه ) was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad. ...

Births

• General Kim Yu-shin in Silla

Kim Yu-shin (595-673) was a general in 7th-century Silla. ... Silla (also denoted as Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. ...

Deaths

• Childebert II of Austrasia
• Owain mab Urien, king of Rheged (approximate date)