Year by year · 6th century

589 CE

589 CE in world history: 4 events, 1 birth and 1 state that came to an end. 206 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 15 May

    King Authari of the Lombards marries Theodelinda at Verona

    Authari, king of the Lombards, married Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I, at Verona, in a political alliance meant to reinforce his royal position. A Catholic, she later encouraged the Lombards to move from Arian to Catholic Christianity.

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In the profiles

  • Sui DynastySui troops enter Jiankang and the last emperor of Chen surrenders; the city is razed and China proper is reunified.
  • Visigothic KingdomReccared I renounces Arianism at the Third Council of Toledo and the kingdom becomes Nicene Christian.
  • GothicThe Visigoths convert from Arianism to Nicene Christianity, and Gothic loses its last role as a church language in Spain

Born in 589 CE 1

States that came to an end 1

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