590

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

* Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties, and agrees to restart the war with Persia.

Europe

*Owain mab Urien becomes king of Rheged (approximate date).

Asia

* January 6 - Hormizd IV deposed as Persian king
* February 15 - Khosrau II crowned as king of Persia
* February 20 - Bahram Chobin and Khosrau confront each other near Ctesiphon
* February 28 - Bahram attacks Khosrau at night; Khosrau flees for Circesium the next day.
* March 9 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia
* Summer - Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties, and agrees to restart the war with Persia.
*Kadungon succeeds Avani Culamani as ruler of the Pandyan kingdom in India

By Topic

Religion

* September 3 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope.
*Saint Columbanus arrives in Gaul, founds the monastery of Luxeuil.

Births

*Jajang Yulsa, a monk in Silla

Deaths

*February 7 - Pope Pelagius II
*February - Hormizd IV, Persian king
*September 5 - Authari, king of the Lombards
*Saint Blane, Scots saint