580s

The 580s decade ran from January 1, 580, to December 31, 589.

{{Events by year for decade|58}

Significant people[edit]

Births

580

Abdel Rahman ibn Awf, companion of Muhammad
Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi, companion of Muhammad
Cadfan ap Iago, king of Gwynedd (approximate date)
Clemen ap Bledric, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)
Dayi Daoxin, Chán Buddhist patriarch (d. 651)
Didier of Cahors, Frankish bishop (approximate date)
Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
Livinus, Irish apostle (approximate date)
Maximus the Confessor, monk and theologian (d. 662)
Pepin the Elder, Frankish Mayor of the Palace (d. 640)
Umm Salama, wife of Muhammad (approximate date)
Wei Zheng, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 643)

581

Sun Simiao, Chinese medicine doctor (approximate date)
Yan Shigu, Chinese author of the Tang dynasty (d. 645)

582

Arnulf of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint (approximate date)
Li Mi, Chinese rebel leader during the Sui dynasty (d. 619)

583

Abu Ubaidah, companion of Muhammad (d. 639)
Liuva II, king of the Visigoths (d. 603)
Theodosius, Byzantine co-emperor (approximate date)
Umar, companion of Muhammad (d. 644) and second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate
Xiao Xian, prince of the Liang dynasty (d. 621)

584

Amand, bishop and saint (approximate date)
Chlothar II, king of the Franks (d. 629)
Yang Zhao, prince of the Sui dynasty (d. 606)

585

Du Ruhui, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 630)
Edwin of Northumbria, king of Deira and Bernicia (d. 633)
Goar of Aquitaine, priest and hermit (approximate date)
Yang Jian, imperial prince of the Sui dynasty (d. 618)
Yuchi Gong, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 658)
Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, general of the rashidun Caliphate (d. 642)

586

Theudebert II, king of Austrasia (d. 612)
Yang Hao, prince of the Sui dynasty (approximate date)

587

Soga no Emishi, statesman of Japan (d. 645)
Theuderic II, king of Austrasia (d. 613)
Zhang Xingcheng, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 653)

588

Eligius, bishop and saint (approximate date)
Suintila, king of the Visigoths (approximate date)
Yu Zhining, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 665)

589

Li Jiancheng, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 626)
Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan, wife of Muhammad (d. 666)

Deaths

580

Audovera, wife of Chilperic I (approximate date)
Bacurius III, king of Iberia (Georgia)
Eormenric, king of Kent (approximate date)
Galam Cennalath, king of the Picts
Gao Anagong, high official of Northern Qi
Martin of Braga, missionary and archbishop
Wei Xiaokuan, general of Western Wei (b. 509)
Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 559)
Yuchi Jiong, general of Northern Zhou

581

Feng Xiaolian, concubine of Gao Wei (approximate date)
Jing Di, Chinese emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 573)
Taspar Qaghan, ruler (khagan) of the Göktürks

582

April 5 – Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople
August 14 – Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
Agathias, Greek poet and historian (approximate date)
Ashina, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 551)
Justinian, Byzantine general (magister militum)
Tamkhosrau, Sassanid Persian general (marzban)
Xuan Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 530)

583

February 1 – Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (b. 524)
Miro, king of the Suevi (approximate date)

584

April 15 – Ruadhán of Lorrha, Irish abbot and saint
Chilperic I, king of Neustria (or Soissons)
Deiniol, bishop of Bangor (Wales)
Ingund, wife of Visigoth prince Hermenegild
Maurus, Roman abbot and saint (b. 512)
Approximate date – Bridei I, king of the Picts

585

April 13 – Hermenegild, Visigothic prince (or 586)
September 14 – Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 538)^[1]
Cassiodorus, Roman statesman and writer (approximate date)
Frithuwald, king of Bernicia (approximate date)
Gundoald, Merovingian usurper king (approximate date)
John of Ephesus, Armenian bishop (approximate date)
Rigunth, daughter of Chilperic I (b. 570)
Xiao Ming Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (b. 542)

586

April 21 – Liuvigild, king of the Visigoths
Hermenegild, Visigothic prince (or 585)
Prætextatus, bishop of Rouen (or 589)
Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd
Zhu Manyue, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 547)

587

April – Yōmei, emperor of Japan (b. 518)
August 13 – Radegund, Frankish princess
Æscwine, king of Essex (approximate date)
Ishbara Qaghan, ruler (khagan) of the Göktürks
Mononobe no Moriya, clan leader (Ō-muraji)
Varāhamihira, Indian astronomer (b. 505)

588

Áed mac Bricc, Irish bishop and saint
Ælla, king of Deira (approximate date)
Agericus, bishop of Verdun
Fridianus, Irish prince and saint
Li Ezi, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 536)
Monulph, bishop of Maastricht

589

March 1 – David, Welsh bishop and saint
Bagha Qaghan, ruler of the Turkic Khaganate
Finnian of Moville, Irish missionary (b. 495)
Zhang Lihua, consort of the Chen dynasty

References[edit]

^ Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 262-263.

Bibliography[edit]

Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD). London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-14687-9.
Martindale, John Robert; Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin; Morris, J., eds. (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: A.D. 527–641. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20160-5.
Whitby, Michael; Whitby, Mary (1986). The History of Theophylact Simocatta. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-822799-1.

[1] Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 262-263.

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