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This article is about the year 570. For the number, see 570 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	540s 550s 560s – 570s – 580s 590s 600s
Years:	567 568 569 – 570 – 571 572 573

570 by topic
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Births – Deaths
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Establishments – Disestablishments
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570 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	570 DLXX
Ab urbe condita	1323
Armenian calendar	19 ԹՎ ԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	5320
Bahá'í calendar	−1274 – −1273
Bengali calendar	−23
Berber calendar	1520
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1114
Burmese calendar	−68
Byzantine calendar	6078–6079
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3266 or 3206 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3267 or 3207
Coptic calendar	286–287
Discordian calendar	1736
Ethiopian calendar	562–563
Hebrew calendar	4330–4331
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	626–627
- Shaka Samvat	492–493
- Kali Yuga	3671–3672
Holocene calendar	10570
Igbo calendar	−430 – −429
Iranian calendar	52 BP – 51 BP
Islamic calendar	54 BH – 53 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	570 DLXX
Korean calendar	2903
Minguo calendar	1342 before ROC 民前1342年
Thai solar calendar	1113
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Year 570 (DLXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 570 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Battle of Gwen Ystrad: A British alliance is forged between the kingdoms of Strathclyde, Bryneich and Elmet (approximate date).
Spoleto becomes the capital of an independent duchy under the Lombard chieftain Faroald (approximate date).
Leutfred becomes duke of Alemannia (modern Germany).

Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.^[1]

Muhammad, Islamic prophet, is born in Mecca (Saudi Arabia). His father Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib dies a few months before his birth so he and his mother Aminah bint Wahb are protected by Muhammad's paternal grandfather, Abdul Muttalib, who is recognised as the leading figure in his tribe, the Quraysh.^[2]
Abraha, Christian ruler of Yemen, begins in southern Arabia a military expedition against the Quraysh of Mecca,^[3] known as the Year of the Elephant.

↑ Geography at about.com
↑ Essential Histories: "The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750". The birth of Islam and the unifying of Arabia, p. 19. David Nicolle (2009)
↑ Walter W. Müller, "Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia", in Werner Daum (ed), Yemen: "3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix" (1987)

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