573

This article is about the year 573. For other uses, see 573 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	550s 560s 570s 580s 590s
Years:	570 571 572 573 574 575 576

573 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	573 DLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1326
Armenian calendar	22 ԹՎ ԻԲ
Assyrian calendar	5323
Balinese saka calendar	494–495
Bengali calendar	−20
Berber calendar	1523
Buddhist calendar	1117
Burmese calendar	−65
Byzantine calendar	6081–6082
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3270 or 3063     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3271 or 3064
Coptic calendar	289–290
Discordian calendar	1739
Ethiopian calendar	565–566
Hebrew calendar	4333–4334
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	629–630
- Shaka Samvat	494–495
- Kali Yuga	3673–3674
Holocene calendar	10573
Iranian calendar	49 BP – 48 BP
Islamic calendar	51 BH – 50 BH
Javanese calendar	461–462
Julian calendar	573 DLXXIII
Korean calendar	2906
Minguo calendar	1339 before ROC 民前1339年
Nanakshahi calendar	−895
Seleucid era	884/885 AG
Thai solar calendar	1115–1116
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 699 or 318 or −454     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 700 or 319 or −453

Gregory of Tours (c. 538–594)

Year 573 (DLXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 573 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: Persian forces under the command of King Khosrau I capture the Byzantine stronghold of Dara, after a six-month siege. Meanwhile, a smaller Persian army under Adarmahan advances from Babylon through the desert, crosses the Euphrates River and ravages Syria. The cities of Apamea and Antiochia are plundered.

Europe

• King Sigibert I goes to war against his half brother Chilperic I of Neustria at the urging of his wife, Brunhilda. He appeals to the Germans on the right bank of the Rhine for help, and they obligingly attack the environs of Paris and Chartres.
• The Lombards again raid Southern Gaul, but are defeated by the Franks under Mummolus, patricius and son of the Gallo-Roman count of Auxerre, and are driven out.
• King Cleph completes the Lombard conquest of Tuscany (Central Italy) and extends his dominion to the gates of Ravenna.
• Sigibert I appoints Gregory to succeed his mother's cousin, Eufronius, as bishop of Tours (approximate date).

Britain

• The Battle of Arfderydd is fought between Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio and the sons of Eliffer, Gwrgi and Peredur. The forces of Gwenddoleu are killed, and Myrddin Wyllt goes mad watching this defeat (according to the Annales Cambriae).

By topic

Religion

• Pope John III is forced by the Lombards to retire from Rome, and takes up residence at the Catacombs along the Via Appia (approximate date).

Births

• Abu Bakr, Muslim Caliph (approximate date)
• Chen Yin, crown prince of the Chen dynasty
• Dou Jiande, general of the Sui dynasty (d. 621)
• Jing Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (d. 581)
• Lupus of Sens, French bishop (approximate date)

Deaths

• June 11 – Emilian of Cogolla, Iberic saint (b. 472)
• Brendan of Birr, Irish abbot (approximate date)
• Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio, Brythonic king
• Narses, Byzantine general (b. 478)
• Wang Lin, Chinese general (b. 526)

References

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.