6th century

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Centuries:	5th century - 6th century - 7th century
Decades:	500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s 590s

The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Contents 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years

[edit] Events

• The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Iran by Khosrau I of Persia.
• Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland)
• Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. Kevin
• The monastery on Iona is founded by St. Columban
• Zen Buddhists enter Vietnam from China.
• Buddhist Jataka stories are translated into Persian by order of the Zoroastrian king Khosrau.
• 537: Battle of Camlann, final battle of King Arthur
• Buddhism introduced to Japan from Baekje in 552, thus contributing to the changes that occurred in the Asuka period.
• Outbreak of bubonic plague in Constantinople and the rest of the Byzantine Empire (Plague of Justinian).
• Establishment of Karantania, first stable and independent state of Slovenians and of Slavs.
• The Kutriguri Bulgars move into modern Romania.
• Jewish influence in Aksum.
• Nubia is largely converted to Coptic Christianity.
• The area of modern Aargau falls to the Franks.
• The Kingdom of Funan dies out.
• Black Death raged over south east Asia.
• Silk Road farther into Europe.
• 589-618: Sui Dynasty of China
• Old Irish language develops
• Old Dutch language develops
• Abraha attacks Kaaba in Mecca (circa 571)

[edit] Significant persons

• Pope Gregory the Great (590-604)
• Arthur, defeated the Anglo-Saxons
• Justinian, Byzantine Emperor (527-565)
• Khosrau I of Persia, Sassanid king (531-579)
• Belisarius, last great Roman general
• Gregory of Tours (c. 538-594)
• Beowulf, (fictional?) king of the Geats
• Jordanes, author of the Getica.
• Procopius, Byzantine historian.
• Bozorgmehr, Persian sage.
• Muhammad, prophet of Islam, born in 570.
• Empress Suiko of Japan
• Taliesin, Welsh poet
• Abraham Kidunaia
• Austell

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• Dionysius Exiguus creates the Anno Domini system, inspired by the birth of Jesus, in 525. This is the system upon which the Gregorian calendar and Common Era systems are based.
• Backgammon (nard) invented in Persia by Burzoe
• Chess, as chaturanga, entered Persia from India and was modified to shatranj.
• Breast-strap horse harness in use in Frankish kingdom
• Byzantine Empire acquires silk technology from China
• Vaghbata, Indian medical books

[edit] Decades and years