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583 CE

Eboric (also called Euric) succeeds his father Miro as king of the Suevi (Hispania Gallaecia). Emperor Maurice decides to end the annual tribute to the Avars, a mounted people who have swept across Russia and threatened the Balkan Peninsula. They capture the cities of Singidunum (modern Belgrade) and Viminacium (Moesia). Muhammad, age 12, accompanies his uncle Abu Talib during trading journeys to Syria.

Conflict & Security

  • Eboric (also called Euric) succeeds his father Miro as king of the Suevi (Hispania Gallaecia).source
  • King Liuvigild lays siege to Seville (Southern Spain), and forms an alliance with the Byzantines. He summons his rebellious son Hermenegild back to Toledo, and forces him to abandon the Chalcedonian Faith.source
  • Yohl Ikʼnal succeeds Kan Bahlam I as queen of the Maya city of Palenque (Mexico).source
  • Emperor Maurice decides to end the annual tribute to the Avars, a mounted people who have swept across Russia and threatened the Balkan Peninsula. They capture the cities of Singidunum (modern Belgrade) and Viminacium (Moesia).source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Muhammad, age 12, accompanies his uncle Abu Talib during trading journeys to Syria.source
  • The city of Monemvasia (Peloponnese) is founded by people seeking refuge from the Slavs and Avars.source

Health & Medicine

  • Smallpox begins spreading from China to Japan and Korea (approximate date).source

Births

  • Liuva II, king of the Visigoths (d. 603)source
  • Xiao Xian, prince of the Liang dynasty (d. 621)source
  • Abu Ubaidah, companion of Muhammad (d. 639)source
  • Theodosius, Byzantine co-emperor (approximate date)source
  • Umar, companion of Muhammad (d. 644) and second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphatesource

Deaths

  • February 1 – Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (b. 524)source