589

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This article is about the year 589. For the number, see 589 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	550s 560s 570s – 580s – 590s 600s 610s
Years:	586 587 588 – 589 – 590 591 592

589 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
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589 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	589 DLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1342
Armenian calendar	38 ԹՎ ԼԸ
Assyrian calendar	5339
Bahá'í calendar	−1255 – −1254
Bengali calendar	−4
Berber calendar	1539
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1133
Burmese calendar	−49
Byzantine calendar	6097–6098
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3285 or 3225 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3286 or 3226
Coptic calendar	305–306
Discordian calendar	1755
Ethiopian calendar	581–582
Hebrew calendar	4349–4350
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	645–646
- Shaka Samvat	511–512
- Kali Yuga	3690–3691
Holocene calendar	10589
Igbo calendar	−411 – −410
Iranian calendar	33 BP – 32 BP
Islamic calendar	34 BH – 33 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	589 DLXXXIX
Korean calendar	2922
Minguo calendar	1323 before ROC 民前1323年
Thai solar calendar	1132
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Year 589 (DLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 589 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

May 15 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence at court and among the Lombard nobility.
King Childebert II attempts to impose taxes on the citizens of Tours, bishop Gregory successfully opposes this by claiming state immunity instituted by Fredegund.
King Guntram sends an expedition into Septimania (Southern Gaul) in support of a rebellion by the Arian bishop Athaloc.
Claudius, duke (dux) of Lusitania, defeats the Franks and Burgundians at Carcassonne (Languedoc) on the Aude River.
October 17 – The Adige River overflows its banks, flooding the church of St. Zeno and damaging the walls of Verona.
The plague hits Rome, and its victims included pope Pelagius II.

First Perso-Turkic War: The Sassanid Persians capture the cities Balkh and Herat (Afghanistan). They cross the Oxus River and repulse a Turkic invasion.

The Chinese Empire is reunited under the leadership of emperor Wéndi (Sui Dynasty), who defeats the Chen forces at Jiankang (modern Nanjing), ending the Chen Dynasty (the last of the Southern Dynasties) that has ruled since 557.
Yan Zhitui, scholar-official, makes the first reference to the use of toilet paper in human history. It is used in the Chinese imperial court and amongst the other wealthy citizens.
Tulan Qaghan, son of Ishbara Qaghan, becomes the seventh ruler (khagan) of the Turkic Khaganate.

Gregory, archdeacon of Rome, conversing English slaves on the Roman market. He calls them Angels if they would be Christians.^[1]
The Third Council of Toledo, called by king Reccared I of the Visigoths, renounces Arianism and embraces Catholicism.
The Council of Narbonne is held. In Septimania, Jews are forbidden from chanting psalms while burying their dead.

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