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| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s |
| Years: | 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 |
| Gregorian calendar | 559 DLIX
|
| Ab urbe condita | 1312 |
| Armenian calendar | 8 ԹՎ Ը |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1285 – -1284 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1103 |
| Coptic calendar | 275 – 276 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 551 – 552 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4319 – 4320 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 614 – 615 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 481 – 482 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3660 – 3661 |
| Holocene calendar | 10559 |
| Iranian calendar | 63 BP – 62 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 65 BH – 64 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1219 (皇紀1219年) |
| Julian calendar | 604 |
| Korean calendar | 2892 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1102 |
Events[]
By Place[]
Byzantine Empire[]
- The Bulgars and Huns invade and raid Byzantine territory, but are driven back near Constantinople by Belisarius.
Europe[]
Asia[]
- First successful human flight: a manned kite lands in the proximity of Ye.[1]
- Ara Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy, surrenders to Silla in the Korean peninsula.
Births[]
Deaths[]
- Northern Qi Wen Xuan Di, Chinese ruler
- Chen Wu Di, Chinese ruler
- Ida, king of Bernicia (traditional date)
Notes[]
- ^ （永定三年）使元黄头与诸囚自金凤台各乘纸鸱以飞，黄头独能至紫陌乃堕，仍付御史中丞毕义云饿杀之。 (Rendering: [In the 3rd year of Yongding, 559], Gao Yang conducted an experiment by having Yuan Huangtou and a few prisoners launch themselves from a tower in Ye, capital of the Northern Qi. Yuan Huangtou was the only one who survived from this flight, as he glided over the city-wall and fell at Zimo [western segment of Ye] safely, but he was later executed.) Zizhi Tongjian 167.
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