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
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
, but are driven back near Constantinople by a Byzantine force under Belisarius.
* Battle of Melantias: Outside the city walls
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of Constantinople, Belisarius defeats the combined "barbarians" with his veteran cavalry ('' bucellarii''), and a few thousand hastily raised levies.
Britain
* Glappa
Glappa of Bernicia ruled from 559 to 560. He was the second known king of Bernicia.
Little is known of Glappa's life and reign. The earliest authorities differ widely on the order and the regnal years of the kings between the death of Ida
Ida ...
succeeds his father Ida
Ida or IDA may refer to:
Astronomy
* Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
*243 Ida, an asteroid
*International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station
Computing
*Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a techn ...
as king of Bernicia (North East England
North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The region has three current administrative levels below the region level in the region; combined authority, unitary authorit ...
). During his rule, Anglian settlers expand their territory in what is now southeastern Scotland.
Asia
* First successful human flight: a kite carrying Yuan Huangtou lands in the proximity of Ye, China. Emperor Wen Xuan Di sponsors the flight; Yuan is taken prisoner; other imprisoned kite flyers also fly, but those die and Yuan survives. Yuan is executed afterwards.
* 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
Reccared I (or Recared; la, Flavius Reccaredus; es, Flavio Recaredo; 559 – December 601; reigned 586–601) was Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania. His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of Arianis ...
, king of the
Visigoths (d.
601
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)
*
Wu Shihuo, father of
Wu Zetian (d.
635)
*
Xuan Di, emperor of
Northern Zhou (d.
580
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)
Deaths
*
Chen Wu Di, emperor of the
Chen Dynasty (b.
503
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)
*
Ida
Ida or IDA may refer to:
Astronomy
* Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
*243 Ida, an asteroid
*International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station
Computing
*Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a techn ...
, king of
Bernicia (approximate date)
*
Leonard of Noblac, Frankish
abbot and
saint
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*
Wen Xuan Di, emperor of
Northern Qi (b.
529
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Year 529 ( DXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Decius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1282 ' ...
)
References
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