Birth of Muhammad from folio 44a of the Jami‘ al-tawarikh

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(link will display the full calendar) of the

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. The denomination 570 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in

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for naming years.

Events

By place

Europe

Battle of Gwen Ystrad ''Gweith Gwen Ystrat'' (in English: ''The Battle of Gwen Ystrad''), is a late Old Welsh or Middle Welsh heroic poem found uniquely in the Book of Taliesin, where it forms part of the ''Canu Taliesin'', a series of poems attributed to the 6th-c ...

: A British alliance is forged between the kingdoms of

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Bryneich Bernicia ( ang, Bernice, Bryneich, Beornice; la, Bernicia) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England. The Anglian territory of Bernicia was appr ...

and

Elmet Elmet ( cy, Elfed), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was an independent Brittonic kingdom between about the 5th century and early 7th century, in what later became the smaller area of the West Riding of Yorkshire then West Yorkshire, South Yorkshir ...

(approximate date). *

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Spolet ...

becomes the capital of an independent

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, under the Lombard chieftain

Faroald Faroald I (also spelled Faruald) (died 591 or 592) was the first Duke of Spoleto, which he established during the decade of interregnum that followed the death of Alboin's successor (574 or 575). He led the Lombards into the centre of the Italian ...

(approximate date). * Leutfred becomes

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(modern

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Persia

Ctesiphon Ctesiphon ( ; Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭 ''tyspwn'' or ''tysfwn''; fa, تیسفون; grc-gre, Κτησιφῶν, ; syr, ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢThomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modi ...

, capital of the

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, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

, capital of the

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Arabia

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

, Prophets in Islam, Islamic prophet, is born in Mecca (today's Saudi Arabia). His father Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib dies a few months before his birth, so he and his mother Aminah bint Wahb are protected by Muhammad's paternal grandfather, Abdul Muttalib who is recognized as the leading figure in his tribe the Quraysh tribe, Quraysh. * Abraha, Christian ruler of coastal Yemen, who was acting as a general for the Christian kingdom in Abyssinia, begins a military expedition in Arabian Peninsula, Arabia against the predominantly pagan Quraysh of Mecca,Walter W Müller, ''"Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia"''in Werner Daum (education) Yemen: ''"3000 Years of Art and Civilization in Arabia Felix"'' (1987) known as the Year of the Elephant.

By topic

Religion

* A limestone statue of Boddhisattva is created in Henan (approximate date). * The first mention is made of the Holy Lance, Spear of Destiny (approximate date). * The Jews of Clermont-Ferrand are forced to convert to Christianity. * Year of the Elephant, according to Islam, Islamic tradition.

Births

* Ammar ibn Yasir, companion of

and Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 657) * Chen Yuan (prince), Chen Yuan, crown prince of the Chen Dynasty (approximate date) * Childebert II, king of Austrasia (d. 595) * Gao Heng, emperor of Northern Qi (d. 577) * Imerius of Immertal, Swiss monk (approximate date) * Li Dashi, Chinese official and historian (d. 628) *

, founder of Islam (d. 632) (approximate date) * Namri Songtsen, king of Tibet (approximate date) * Pei Ji (Sui and Tang), Pei Ji, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 629) * Pybba of Mercia, Pybba, king of Mercia (approximate date) * Rigunth, daughter of Chilperic I (d. 585) * Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards (d. 628)

Deaths

* January 15 – Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun * Abdullah ibn Abd al Muttalib, father of

(b. 545) *Abraha, an Kingdom of Aksum, Aksumite army general, Islamic tradition places his death immediately after his expedition to the Hejaz * Antonina (wife of Belisarius), Antonina, wife of Belisarius (approximate date) * Saint Armel, Armel, Breton people, Breton prince and bishop (approximate date) * Emperor Fei of Chen, Fei Di, emperor of the Chen Dynasty * Gildas, British cleric (approximate date) * John Philoponus, Commentaries on Aristotle, Aristotelian commentator (b. 490) * Soga no Iname, leader of the Soga clan * Empress Zhang Yao'er, Zhang Yao'er, empress dowager of the Chen Dynasty (b. 506)

References

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