586

Years: 582 583 584 585 - 586 - 587 588 589 590

Decades: 550s 560s 570s - 580s - 590s 600s 610s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

This article concerns the year 586 CE. For the microchip, see Intel Pentium.

Events

• Reccared succeeds his father Leovigild as king of the Visigoths.
• Saint Comgall founds an abbey in Bangor, Northern Ireland.
• First recorded mention of the Vlachs, in a Byzantine chronicle.
• The Byzantines defeat the Persians at Dara.
• Constantine of Kernyw converts to Christianity.

Births

• Theudebert II, king of Austrasia