| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 550s 560s 570s 580s 590s 600s 610s |
| Years: | 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 |
| 581 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 581 DLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1334 |
| Armenian calendar | 30 ԹՎ Լ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1263 – -1262 |
| Bengali calendar | -12 |
| Berber calendar | 1531 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1125 |
| Burmese calendar | -57 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6089 – 6090 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十二月十一日 (3217/3277-12-11) — to —
辛丑年十一月廿一日(3218/3278-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 297 – 298 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 573 – 574 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4341 – 4342 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 637 – 638 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 503 – 504 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3682 – 3683 |
| Holocene calendar | 10581 |
| Iranian calendar | 41 BP – 40 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 42 BH – 41 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2914 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1124 |