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| Years: 564 565 566 567 - 568 - 569 570 571 572 | |
| Decades: 530s 540s 550s - 560s - 570s 580s 590s | |
| Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century | |
Events
- April 1 - King Alboin leads the Lombards into Italy; refugees fleeing from them go on to found Venice.
- Leovigild succeeds his brother Livva I as king of the Visigoths.
- Æthelric succeeds his brother Adda as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
- Ceawlin of Wessex defeats Ethelbert of Kent.
- Sigebert I of Austrasia repels an attack from the Avars.
- Fredegund becomes the mistress of Chilperic I after the murder of Galswintha.
- The Turks and Sassanians succeed in destroying the Hepthalite empire.
Births
Deaths
- Adda, king of Bernicia (traditional date)
- Galswintha, wife of Chilperic I of Neustriaaf:568
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