570

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 era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	550s 560s 570s 580s 590s
Years:	567 568 569 570 571 572 573

570 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	570 DLXX
Ab urbe condita	1323
Armenian calendar	19 ԹՎ ԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	5320
Balinese saka calendar	491–492
Bengali calendar	−23
Berber calendar	1520
Buddhist calendar	1114
Burmese calendar	−68
Byzantine calendar	6078–6079
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3266 or 3206     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3267 or 3207
Coptic calendar	286–287
Discordian calendar	1736
Ethiopian calendar	562–563
Hebrew calendar	4330–4331
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	626–627
- Shaka Samvat	491–492
- Kali Yuga	3670–3671
Holocene calendar	10570
Iranian calendar	52 BP – 51 BP
Islamic calendar	54 BH – 53 BH
Javanese calendar	458–459
Julian calendar	570 DLXX
Korean calendar	2903
Minguo calendar	1342 before ROC 民前1342年
Nanakshahi calendar	−898
Seleucid era	881/882 AG
Thai solar calendar	1112–1113
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 696 or 315 or −457     — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 697 or 316 or −456

The birth of Muhammad (c. 570–632)

Events

Europe

• Battle of Gwen Ystrad: A British alliance is forged between the kingdoms of Strathclyde, Bryneich and Elmet (approximate date).
• Spoleto becomes the capital of an independent duchy, under the Lombard chieftain Faroald (approximate date).
• Leutfred becomes duke of Alemannia (modern Germany).

Persia

• Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.[1]

Arabia

• Muhammad, Islamic prophet, is born in Mecca (today's Saudi Arabia). His father Abd Allah 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.[2]
• Abraha, Christian ruler of coastal Yemen, who was acting as a general for the Christian kingdom in Abyssinia, begins a military expedition in Arabia against the predominantly pagan Quraysh of Mecca,[3] known as the Year of the Elephant.

Religion

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

Births

• Ammar ibn Yasir, companion of Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 657)
• 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)
• Muhammad, Islamic religious Prophet (d. 632)
• Namri Songtsen, king of Tibet (approximate date)
• Pei Ji, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 629)
• 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
• Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib, father of Muhammad (b. 545)
• Antonina, wife of Belisarius (approximate date)
• Armel, Breton prince and bishop (approximate date)
• Fei Di, emperor of the Chen Dynasty
• Gildas, British cleric (approximate date)
• John Philoponus, Aristotelian commentator (b. 490)
• Soga no Iname, leader of the Soga clan
• Zhang Yao'er, empress dowager of the Chen Dynasty (b. 506)
• Abraha, an Aksumite army general, Islamic tradition places his death immediately after his expedition to the Hejaz

References

1. Geography at about.com
2. David Nicolle, Essential Histories: "The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750". The birth of Islam and the unifying of Arabia (2009), page 19.
3. 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)