# 568 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/568 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/568.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/568 > Source revision: 1340800830 > 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 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 v t e 568 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e 568 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 568 DLXVIII Ab urbe condita 1321 Armenian calendar 17 ԹՎ ԺԷ Assyrian calendar 5318 Balinese saka calendar 489–490 Bengali calendar −26 – −25 Berber calendar 1518 Buddhist calendar 1112 Burmese calendar −70 Byzantine calendar 6076–6077 Chinese calendar 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3265 or 3058 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3266 or 3059 Coptic calendar 284–285 Discordian calendar 1734 Ethiopian calendar 560–561 Hebrew calendar 4328–4329 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 624–625 - Shaka Samvat 489–490 - Kali Yuga 3668–3669 Holocene calendar 10568 Iranian calendar 54 BP – 53 BP Islamic calendar 56 BH – 55 BH Javanese calendar 456–457 Julian calendar 568 DLXVIII Korean calendar 2901 Minguo calendar 1344 before ROC 民前1344年 Nanakshahi calendar −900 Seleucid era 879/880 AG Thai solar calendar 1110–1111 Tibetan calendar མེ་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Boar) 694 or 313 or −459 — to — ས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Rat) 695 or 314 or −458 Year **568** (**[DLXVIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Sunday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Sunday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 568 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 - Spring – The [Lombards](/source/Lombards), led by King [Alboin](/source/Alboin), cross the [Julian Alps](/source/Julian_Alps). Their invasion of [Northern Italy](/source/Northern_Italy) is almost unopposed; withered [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) forces, that remain in the [Po Valley](/source/Po_Valley) and are based at [Ravenna](/source/Ravenna), are no match for the overwhelming Lombard incursion. Residents of the Italian countryside flee at the Lombards' approach. Some retreat to the [barrier islands](/source/Barrier_island) along the shore of the Northern [Adriatic Sea](/source/Adriatic_Sea), where they establish permanent settlements: the nascent city of [Venice](/source/Venice).[1] - The [Byzantines](/source/Byzantine_Greeks) abandon present-day [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy) and [Tuscany](/source/Tuscany), to establish a frontier [march](/source/March_(territory)) in the hills south of Ravenna (still known as *Le Marche*). [Bavarians](/source/Bavaria), [Sarmatians](/source/Sarmatians), [Saxons](/source/Saxons) and [Taifali](/source/Taifals), join the invasion *en route*. As they advance, the vacuum left behind them on the [Balkan Peninsula](/source/Balkan) is filled by [Avars](/source/Avars_(Carpathians)), [Bulgars](/source/Bulgars) and [Slavs](/source/Slavic_peoples). - [Sigebert I](/source/Sigebert_I), king of [Austrasia](/source/Austrasia), repels a second attack from the Avars. His half brother [Chilperic I](/source/Chilperic_I) strangles his wife [Galswintha](/source/Galswintha) at the instigation of his mistress [Fredegund](/source/Fredegund). - [Liuvigild](/source/Liuvigild) is declared co-king and heir after the second year of the reign of his brother [Liuva I](/source/Liuva_I). He becomes ruler over the [Visigoths](/source/Visigoths) in [Hispania Citerior](/source/Hispania_Citerior) (Eastern [Spain](/source/Spain)).[2] - [Mummolus](/source/Mummolus), Gallo-Roman [prefect](/source/Prefect), defeats the Lombards at [Embrun](/source/Embrun%2C_Hautes-Alpes) and expels them from [Provence](/source/Provence) (Southern [Gaul](/source/Gaul)). - The [Avar Khaganate](/source/Avar_Khaganate) attempts to expel [Kutrigurs](/source/Kutrigurs) who had fled the [Göktürks](/source/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks), ordering them to go south of the [Sava River](/source/Sava); those who leave generally fall under rule of the Turks. #### Britain - [Æthelric](/source/%C3%86thelric_of_Bernicia) succeeds his brother [Adda](/source/Adda_of_Bernicia) as king of [Bernicia](/source/Bernicia) (modern [Scotland](/source/Scotland)). He rules from 568–572 (approximate date). - [Battle of Wibbandun](/source/Ceawlin_of_Wessex#568:_Wibbandun): [Ceawlin of Wessex](/source/Ceawlin_of_Wessex) defeats [Æthelberht of Kent](/source/%C3%86thelberht_of_Kent) (according to the *[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle](/source/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle)*). #### Asia - The [Turks](/source/Turkic_peoples) and [Sassanids](/source/Sassanid_Empire) succeed in destroying the [Hepthalites](/source/Hepthalites) on the eastern frontier (approximate date). - A Turkish [khan](/source/Khan_(title)) sends emissaries to the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire) (approximate date). ### By topic #### Religion - Emperor [Justin II](/source/Justin_II) and his wife [Sophia](/source/Sophia_(empress)) send the *[Cross of Justin II](/source/Cross_of_Justin_II)* ("Vatican Cross") to [Rome](/source/Rome), to improve the relations with the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire).[3] - [Paulinus I](/source/Paulinus_I_of_Aquileia), patriarch of [Aquileia](/source/Aquileia), flees with the treasures of his church and transfers them to the island of [Grado](/source/Grado%2C_Friuli-Venezia_Giulia). ## Births - [Feng Deyi](/source/Feng_Deyi), chancellor of the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) (d. [627](/source/627)) - [Ingund](/source/Ingund_(wife_of_Hermenegild)), princess, spouse of [Visigoth](/source/Visigoths) prince [Hermenegild](/source/Hermenegild) (d. [584](/source/584)) - [Liu Wenjing](/source/Liu_Wenjing), chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. [619](/source/619)) ## Deaths - [Adda](/source/Adda_of_Bernicia), king of [Bernicia](/source/Bernicia) (approximate date) - [Galswintha](/source/Galswintha), queen consort of Neustria, married to [Chilperic I](/source/Chilperic_I) (b. [540](/source/540)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Traditional date as given in William J. Langer, ed. *An Encyclopedia of World History* 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** John of Biclaro, *Chronicle* 10. Translated by [Kenneth Baxter Wolf](/source/Kenneth_Baxter_Wolf), *Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain*, second edition (Liverpool: University Press, 1990), p. 60 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McClanan, p. 167 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [568](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/568) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/568?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.