560 CE
Ælla becomes king of Deira (this according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). Columba quarrels with Finnian of Moville over authorship of a psalter, leading to a pitched battle the next year. Elidyr of Strathclyde invades Gwynedd (Wales) and tries to expel his brother-in-law, King Rhun ap Maelgwn.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
Conflict & Security
- Alboin succeeds his father Audoin after his death, as king of the Lombards.source
- Columba quarrels with Finnian of Moville over authorship of a psalter, leading to a pitched battle the next year.source
- Elidyr of Strathclyde invades Gwynedd (Wales) and tries to expel his brother-in-law, King Rhun ap Maelgwn.source
- Adda succeeds his brother Glappa as king of Bernicia (approximate date).source
Culture & Society
- Ceawlin succeeds his father Cynric as king of Wessex (approximate date).source
Births
- Richarius, Frankish hermit and monk (approximate date)source
- Eustace of Luxeuil, abbot (approximate date)source
- Isidore of Seville, archbishop and scholarsource
- Tassilo I, duke of Bavaria (d. 610)source
- Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (d. 638)source
- Constantina, Byzantine empress (approximate date)source
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Arabic leader (d. 652)source
Deaths
- Yang Yin, official of Northern Qi (b. 511)source
- Glappa, king of Bernicia (approximate date)source
- Aspasius of Auch, bishop of Éauzesource
- Clodoald, Merovingian prince (approximate date) (b. 522)source
- Ming Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 534)source
- Domitian of Huy, Frankish bishop and saintsource
- Audoin, king of the Lombards (approximate date)source
- Thurisind, king of the Gepids (approximate date)source
- Dorotheus of Gaza, monk and abbot (approximate date)source
- Chen Chang, prince of the Chen dynasty (b. 537)source