566
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 566 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 566 DLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1319 |
| Armenian calendar | 15 ԹՎ ԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5316 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 487–488 |
| Bengali calendar | −28 – −27 |
| Berber calendar | 1516 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1110 |
| Burmese calendar | −72 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6074–6075 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3263 or 3056 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3264 or 3057 |
| Coptic calendar | 282–283 |
| Discordian calendar | 1732 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 558–559 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4326–4327 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 622–623 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 487–488 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3666–3667 |
| Holocene calendar | 10566 |
| Iranian calendar | 56 BP – 55 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 58 BH – 57 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 454–455 |
| Julian calendar | 566 DLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2899 |
| Minguo calendar | 1346 before ROC 民前1346年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −902 |
| Seleucid era | 877/878 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1108–1109 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 692 or 311 or −461 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 693 or 312 or −460 |
Year 566 (DLXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 566 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
- An Byzantine army under command of Baduarius assist the Gepids in their war against the Lombards. The Byzantines win the first battle in the lower Danube (Moesia), but the Gepid king Cunimund refuses to hand back the fortress city of Sirmium (modern Serbia) as he had promised.
- Emperor Justin II facing an empty treasury, breaks the treaty with the Gepids. King Alboin of the Lombards, makes an alliance with the Avars under Bayan I, at the expense of tough conditions. They demand a tenth of Lombards' cattle and half of the war booty (approximate date).
Births
- March 17 – Emperor Gaozu of Tang
- Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad
- Empress Xiao
- Empress Yuchi Chifan
Deaths
- Chen Wen Di, Chinese ruler of the Chen Dynasty
- Theodosius, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
- Emperor Wen of Chen