579 - Definition and Overview

Events

• End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China.
• Pope Benedict I is succeeded by Pope Pelagius II.
• Northern Zhou Wu Di succeeded by Northern Zhou Xuan Di, then Northern Zhou Jing Di.
• Hormizd IV succeeds Khosrau I as king of Persia.
• Frithuwald succeeds his brother Theodric as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
• Rebellion in Limoges against Chilperic I of Neustria.
• The Slavs begin to migrate into the Balkans and Greece.

Births

• John Climacus, Christian Saint

Deaths

• Theodric, king of Bernicia (traditional date)
• Pope Benedict I