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Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 574 (DLXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday 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 prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Byzantine Empire
[edit | edit source]- December 7 – Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity; he abdicates the throne in favour of his general Tiberius. Justin proclaims him Caesar and adopts him as his own son.[1]
- Winter – Empress Sophia and Tiberius agree to a one year truce with the Persians, at the cost of 45,000 solidi. The truce applies only to the Mesopotamian front; in the Caucasus, war continues.[2]
Europe
[edit | edit source]- King Cleph is murdered after an 18-month reign by a guard, a slave who he has mistreated. For the next decade, the Lombard Kingdom is governed by independent duchies (Rule of the Dukes).[3]
- The Visigoths under King Liuvigild invade Cantabria (Northern Spain), and destroy the city of Amaya (Burgos). He massacres the inhabitants and adds the province to the Visigothic Kingdom.
- Áedán mac Gabráin becomes king of Dál Riata (Scotland) (approximate Date).
Asia
[edit | edit source]- The Persian Empire overthrows the Axumite- and Byzantine-affiliated regimes in Yemen (Arabian Peninsula).[4]
Unidentified
[edit | edit source]- A major volcanic eruption occurs in the Antarctic.[5]
By topic
[edit | edit source]Religion
[edit | edit source]- July 13 – Pope John III dies at Rome after a 13-year tenure. The Holy See becomes sede vacante until June of the following year.
- Marius Aventicensis is made bishop of Aventicum (modern Avenches).
Births
[edit | edit source]- February 7 – Shōtoku, prince and regent of Japan (d. 622)
- Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang Dynasty (d. 647)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- July 13 – Pope John III
- Cleph, king of the Lombards (or 575)
- Conall mac Comgaill, king of Dál Riata[6]
- Xuan, empress of Northern Zhou
- Queen Jiso
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Tiberius II Constantine[permanent dead link].
- ↑ Greatrex & Lieu 2002, p. 136.
- ↑ Lombard (2008).
- ↑ Esposito (2003). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, ISBN 0-19-512558-4.
- ↑ Connor, Steve (July 7, 2014). "Our explosive past is written in the Antarctic ice". i. London. p. 17.
- ↑ Connolly, S. J., ed. (February 24, 2011). The Oxford companion to Irish history (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780199691869.
- Bibliography
- Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD). New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 0-415-14687-9.