__NOTOC__ Year 577 ( DLXXVII) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 577 for this year has been used since early medieval times, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

* Byzantine–Sassanid War: A Byzantine expeditionary force under command of Justinian ('' magister militum'') invades

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, launching raids across the Caspian Sea against the Persians. * Summer – Tiberius, Byzantine co-ruler (''

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''), establishes a naval base at Derbent on the Caspian Sea to construct a

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(approximate date). * Winter – Maurice is appointed commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army in the East. He succeeds Justinian, despite complete lack of military experience.

Europe

* Battle of Deorham: The Anglo-Saxons under Ceawlin of Wessex invade the lower Severn Valley, and defeat the British

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s at Dyrham ( South West England). After the battle, the Saxons occupy the three cities: Cirencester, Gloucester and

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, bringing their advance to the

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(according to the ''

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''). *

Reccopolis Reccopolis ( es, link=no, Recópolis; la, Reccopolis), located near the tiny modern village of Zorita de los Canes in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, is an archaeological site of one of at least four cities founded in Hisp ...

(modern Zorita de los Canes) in Hispania is founded by King Liuvigild, in honour of his son Reccared.

Asia

* Winter – Northern Qi, one of the Northern Dynasties, is conquered by Northern Zhou under Emperor Wu Di. He orders the last ruler (

Gao Wei Gao Wei (高緯) (29 May 556 – November 577According to volume 10 of ''History of the Northern Dynasties'', Gao Wei was killed in the 10th month of the 6th year of the ''Jiande'' era of Yuwen Yong's reign. This corresponds to 28 Oct to 25 Nov ...

) and other members of the Gao

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to commit suicide.

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, above the Yangtze River, is once again brought under the control of a single power.

By topic

Religion

* The Temple of Dendur, dedicated to the Egyptian gods Isis, Harpocrates (

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) and Osiris, is converted for use as a

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church (approximate date). * Eutychius is restored as

patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

, after an

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of 12 years at Amasia (modern Turkey). * Muhammad, age 6, returns to his immediate family, but within a year his mother Aminah bint Wahb dies.

Science and Invention

* A predecessor of the modern match, small sticks of pinewood impregnated with

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, are first used in

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. Besieged by military forces of Northern Zhou and Chen, Northern Qi court ladies use the "lighting sticks" to start fires for

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and heating.

Births

* Pope Agatho (approximate date) * Princess Ningyuan, Chinese princess * Uthman ibn Affan, Muslim Caliph (d. 656)

Deaths

* August 31 – John Scholasticus,

* Aldate, bishop and

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* Aminah bint Wahb, mother of Muhammad * Brendan, Irish abbot (approximate date) * Gao Heng, emperor of Northern Qi (b.

570 __NOTOC__ Year 570 ( DLXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 570 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...

) *

, emperor of Northern Qi (b.

557 __NOTOC__ Year 557 ( DLVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 557 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

) * Gao Yanzong, prince of Northern Qi * Lu Lingxuan, noblewoman of Northern Qi *

Mu Tipo Mu Tipo () (died 577), né Luo Tipo (), was a Xianbei official of the History of China, Chinese dynasty Northern Qi. He was a close associate of the emperor Gao Wei, and during the latter part of Gao Wei's reign controlled the political scene along ...

, high official of Northern Qi * Xiao Zhuang, prince of the Southern Dynasties (b.

548 Year 548 (Roman numerals, DXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 548 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calend ...

)

References

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