570

570 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	570; DLXX
Ab urbe condita	1323
Armenian calendar	19; ԹՎ ԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	5320
Balinese saka calendar	491–492
Bengali calendar	−23
Berber calendar	1520
Buddhist calendar	1114
Burmese calendar	−68
Byzantine calendar	6078–6079
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox); 3267 or 3060; — to —; 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger); 3268 or 3061
Coptic calendar	286–287
Discordian calendar	1736
Ethiopian calendar	562–563
Hebrew calendar	4330–4331
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	626–627
- Shaka Samvat	491–492
- Kali Yuga	3670–3671
Holocene calendar	10570
Iranian calendar	52 BP – 51 BP
Islamic calendar	54 BH – 53 BH
Javanese calendar	458–459
Julian calendar	570; DLXX
Korean calendar	2903
Minguo calendar	1342 before ROC; 民前1342年
Nanakshahi calendar	−898
Seleucid era	881/882 AG
Thai solar calendar	1112–1113
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年; (female Earth-Ox); 696 or 315 or −457; — to —; 阳金虎年; (male Iron-Tiger); 697 or 316 or −456

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century; 6th century ; 7th century;
Decades:	550s; 560s; 570s ; 580s; 590s;
Years:	567; 568; 569; 570 ; 571; 572; 573;

Year 570 (DLXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 570 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Battle of Gwen Ystrad: A British alliance is forged between the kingdoms of Strathclyde, Bryneich and Elmet (approximate date).
Spoleto becomes the capital of an independent duchy, under the Lombard chieftain Faroald (approximate date).
Leutfred becomes duke of Alemannia (modern Germany).

Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.^[1]

Muhammad, Islamic prophet, is born in Mecca (today's Saudi Arabia). His father Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib dies a few months before his birth, so he and his mother Aminah bint Wahb are protected by Muhammad's paternal grandfather, Abdul Muttalib who is recognized as the leading figure in his tribe the Quraysh.^[2]
Abraha, Christian ruler of coastal Yemen, who was acting as a general for the Christian kingdom in Abyssinia, begins a military expedition in Arabia against the predominantly pagan Quraysh of Mecca,^[3] known as the Year of the Elephant.

The anonymous Pilgrim of Piacenza travels the Holy Sites of Christianity in Syria, Palestine and Sinai, an experience that he later writes down as a travel report (approximate date).^[4]

January 15 – Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, father of Muhammad (b. 545)
Abraha, an Aksumite army general, Islamic tradition places his death immediately after his expedition to the Hejaz
Antonina, wife of Belisarius (approximate date)
Armel, Breton prince and bishop (approximate date)
Fei Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty
Gildas, British cleric (approximate date)
John Philoponus, Aristotelian commentator (b. 490)
Soga no Iname, leader of the Soga clan
Zhang Yao'er, empress dowager of the Chen dynasty (b. 506)

^ "Geography at about.com". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2006.
^ David Nicolle, Essential Histories: "The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750". The birth of Islam and the unifying of Arabia (2009), page 19.
^ Walter W Müller, "Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia"in Werner Daum (education) Yemen: "3000 Years of Art and Civilization in Arabia Felix" (1987)
^ Meyers, Eric M. (1999). Galilee Through the Centuries Confluence of Cultures. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 353. ISBN 9781575060408. Retrieved January 6, 2024.