Years: 558 559 560 561 - 562 - 563 564 565 566

Decades: 530s 540s 550s - 560s - 570s 580s 590s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• Nan Xiao Ming Di succeeds Nan Liang Xuan Di as ruler of the Chinese Nan Liang Dynasty .
• The city of Taiyuan is rebuilt.
• Belisarius stands trial for corruption in Constantinople, possibly with Procopius acting as urban prefect.
• Military victory by the Maya state of Caracol over Tikal
• Silla, by order of King Jinheung, wages war upon Gaya and conquers it.
• Sigebert I repels an attack on Austrasia by the Avars.
• Peace treaty between the Byzantine and the Persian empires.

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