# 560 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/560 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/560.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/560 > Source revision: 1354969984 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Calendar year Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 5th century 6th century 7th century Decades 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s Years 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 v t e 560 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e 560 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 560 DLX Ab urbe condita 1313 Armenian calendar 9 ԹՎ Թ Assyrian calendar 5310 Balinese saka calendar 481–482 Bengali calendar −34 – −33 Berber calendar 1510 Buddhist calendar 1104 Burmese calendar −78 Byzantine calendar 6068–6069 Chinese calendar 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3257 or 3050 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3258 or 3051 Coptic calendar 276–277 Discordian calendar 1726 Ethiopian calendar 552–553 Hebrew calendar 4320–4321 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 616–617 - Shaka Samvat 481–482 - Kali Yuga 3660–3661 Holocene calendar 10560 Iranian calendar 62 BP – 61 BP Islamic calendar 64 BH – 63 BH Javanese calendar 448–449 Julian calendar 560 DLX Korean calendar 2893 Minguo calendar 1352 before ROC 民前1352年 Nanakshahi calendar −908 Seleucid era 871/872 AG Thai solar calendar 1102–1103 Tibetan calendar ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Earth-Hare) 686 or 305 or −467 — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Dragon) 687 or 306 or −466 Year **560** (**[DLX](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Thursday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Thursday)[1] of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 560 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### Europe - [Alboin](/source/Alboin) succeeds his father [Audoin](/source/Audoin) after his death, as king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards). #### Britain - [Adda](/source/Adda_of_Bernicia) succeeds his brother [Glappa](/source/Glappa_of_Bernicia) as king of [Bernicia](/source/Bernicia) (approximate date). - [Ælla](/source/%C3%86lla_of_Deira) becomes king of [Deira](/source/Deira_(kingdom)) (this according to the *[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle](/source/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle)*). - [Ceawlin](/source/Ceawlin_of_Wessex) succeeds his father [Cynric](/source/Cynric_of_Wessex) as king of [Wessex](/source/Wessex) (approximate date). - [Custennin ap Cado](/source/List_of_kings_of_Dumnonia#Dumnonian_kings) abdicates as king of [Dumnonia](/source/Dumnonia) ([South West England](/source/South_West_England)). - [Elidyr of Strathclyde](/source/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde) invades [Gwynedd](/source/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd) ([Wales](/source/Wales)) and tries to expel his brother-in-law, King [Rhun ap Maelgwn](/source/Rhun_ap_Maelgwn). ### By topic #### Religion - [Columba](/source/Columba) quarrels with [Finnian of Moville](/source/Finnian_of_Moville) over authorship of a [psalter](/source/Psalter), leading to a pitched battle the next year. ## Births - [Abu Sufyan ibn Harb](/source/Abu_Sufyan_ibn_Harb), Arabic leader (d. [652](/source/652)) - [Constantina](/source/Constantina_(empress)), Byzantine empress (approximate date) - [Eustace of Luxeuil](/source/Eustace_of_Luxeuil), [abbot](/source/Abbot) (approximate date) - [Isidore of Seville](/source/Isidore_of_Seville), [archbishop](/source/Archbishop) and scholar[2] - [Richarius](/source/Richarius), Frankish [hermit](/source/Hermit) and [monk](/source/Monk) (approximate date) - [Sophronius](/source/Sophronius_of_Jerusalem), [patriarch of Jerusalem](/source/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem) (d. [638](/source/638)) - [Tassilo I](/source/Tassilo_I_of_Bavaria), [duke of Bavaria](/source/List_of_rulers_of_Bavaria) (d. [610](/source/610)) ## Deaths - [Aspasius of Auch](/source/Aspasius_of_Auch), [bishop of Éauze](/source/Ancient_Diocese_of_%C3%89auze) - [Audoin](/source/Audoin), king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards) (approximate date) - [Chen Chang](/source/Chen_Chang), prince of the [Chen dynasty](/source/Chen_dynasty) (b. [537](/source/537)) - [Clodoald](/source/Clodoald), [Merovingian](/source/Merovingian_dynasty) prince (approximate date) (b. [522](/source/522)) - [Cynric](/source/Cynric_of_Wessex), king of [Wessex](/source/Wessex)[3] - [Domitian of Huy](/source/Domitian_of_Huy), Frankish [bishop](/source/Bishop) and [saint](/source/Saint) - [Dorotheus of Gaza](/source/Dorotheus_of_Gaza), monk and [abbot](/source/Abbot) (approximate date) - [Glappa](/source/Glappa_of_Bernicia), king of [Bernicia](/source/Bernicia) (approximate date) - [Ming Di](/source/Emperor_Ming_of_Northern_Zhou), emperor of [Northern Zhou](/source/Northern_Zhou) (b. [534](/source/534)) - [Thurisind](/source/Thurisind), king of the [Gepids](/source/Gepids) (approximate date) - [Yang Yin](/source/Yang_Yin), official of [Northern Qi](/source/Northern_Qi) (b. [511](/source/511))[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Year 560 Calendar – Julian calendar"](http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=560&country=23). timeanddate.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Catholic Encyclopedia *St. Isidore of Seville* 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Cynric | king of Wessex"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cynric). *Encyclopedia Britannica*. Retrieved May 30, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OWLPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1855). BRILL. September 18, 2014. p. 1855. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-04-27185-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-27185-2). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [560](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/560) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/560?action=history)). 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