588
This article is about the year 588. For the number, see 588 (number). For other uses, see 588 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 550s 560s 570s – 580s – 590s 600s 610s |
| Years: | 585 586 587 – 588 – 589 590 591 |
| 588 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 588 DLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1341 |
| Armenian calendar | 37 ԹՎ ԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5338 |
| Bengali calendar | −5 |
| Berber calendar | 1538 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1132 |
| Burmese calendar | −50 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6096–6097 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3284 or 3224 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3285 or 3225 |
| Coptic calendar | 304–305 |
| Discordian calendar | 1754 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 580–581 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4348–4349 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 644–645 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 510–511 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3689–3690 |
| Holocene calendar | 10588 |
| Iranian calendar | 34 BP – 33 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 35 BH – 34 BH |
| Julian calendar | 588 DLXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 2921 |
| Minguo calendar | 1324 before ROC 民前1324年 |
| Seleucid era | 899/900 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1130–1131 |
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Year 588 (DLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 588 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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine-Sassanid War: Unpaid Byzantine troops mutinied against Priscus (magister militum per Orientem). King Hormizd IV begins an Persian offensive, but is defeated at Martyropolis (modern Turkey).
- Summer – Guaram I of Iberia, Georgian prince in exile, is sent by emperor Maurice to the city of Mtskheta (Georgia). He restores the monarchy and is bestowed with the Byzantine court title of curopalates.
Europe
- The Franks and Burgundians under king Guntram and his nephew Childebert II invade Northern Italy, but suffer a disastrous defeat against the Lombards.
- The Lombard Kingdom (Italy) is converted to Roman Catholicism under the rule of king Authari (approximate date).
Britain
- Æthelric succeeds his father Ælla as king of Deira in Northern England (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).[1]
Persia
- First Perso-Turkic War: A Persian army (12,000 men) under Bahrām Chobin supported by Cataphracts (heavy cavalry) ambush the invading Turks, and win a great victory at the battle of the Hyrcanian Rock.[2]
Asia
- Emperor Wéndi of the Sui Dynasty prepares a campaign against the Chen Dynasty. He amasses 518,000 troops along the northern bank of the Yangtze River, stretching from Sichuan to the Pacific Ocean.[3]
By topic
Religion
- The Skellig Michael monastery is founded on a steep rocky island off the coast of Ireland (approximate date).
Births
- Eligius, bishop and saint (approximate date)
- Suintila, king of the Visigoths (approximate date)
- Yu Zhining, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 665)
Deaths
- Áed mac Bricc, Irish bishop and saint
- Ælla, king of Deira (approximate date)
- Agericus, bishop of Verdun
- Fridianus, Irish prince and saint
- Li Ezi, empress of Northern Zhou (b. 536)
- May 1 – Marcouf, missionary and saint
- Monulph, bishop of Maastricht