__NOTOC__ Year 578 ( DLXXVIII) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 578 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

* Byzantine–Sassanid War: A Byzantine army under command of Maurice ('' magister militum per Orientem'') invades Upper Mesopotamia, and raids on both sides of the Tigris. He deports 70,000 captives from Hyrcania to Cyprus, and installs military

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to guard the strategic locations. * October 5 – Emperor Justin II dies after several periods of insanity. On the advice of his wife

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, he has raised his general Tiberius to the rank of co-emperor (''

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''). From December

574 Year 574 ( DLXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 574 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the ...

he has ruled jointly with Sophia, and now succeeds them as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Asia

* Summer – Emperor Wu Di engages in military campaigns on two fronts: against the invading

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to the north and against the Chen dynasty in the south. * Wu Di, age 35, dies from an illness, and is succeeded by his eldest son Xuan Di as emperor of Northern Zhou. * Kongō Gumi, the world's oldest construction company (578–2006), is founded in Osaka (

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Central America

* October 22 – Tzi-B'alam, who had been the ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in

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, dies after a 25-year reign that began in May

553 __NOTOC__ Year 553 ( DLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 553 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...

. * November 15 – K'ak' Chan Yopaat, becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in

, and rules until his death 49 years later in

628 __NOTOC__ Year 628 ( DCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 628 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

Births

Deaths

* July 30 – Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa * October 5 – Justin II, Byzantine emperor * Abdul Muttalib, grandfather of

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Muhammad * Wu Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b.

543 __NOTOC__ Year 543 ( DXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 543 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...

) * Wu Mingche, general of the Chen dynasty (b.

512 __NOTOC__ Year 512 ( DXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paulus and Moschianus (or, less frequently, year ...

) *

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, king of

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(approximate date) * Yuwen Xian, prince of Northern Zhou (b.

544 __NOTOC__ Year 544 ( DXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 544 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era be ...

) * Approximate date - ** Bhavyaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka scholar ** Hatim al-Tai, Arabian poet **

John Malalas John Malalas ( el, , ''Iōánnēs Malálas''; – 578) was a Byzantine chronicler from Antioch (now Antakya, Turkey). Life Malalas was of Syrian descent, and he was a native speaker of Syriac who learned how to write in Greek later in ...

, Byzantine chronicler (b. c.

491 __NOTOC__ Year 491 ( CDXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Olybrius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 12 ...

)

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