# 574

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Calendar year

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 5th century 6th century 7th century Decades 550s 560s 570s 580s 590s Years 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 v t e

574 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

574 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 574 DLXXIV Ab urbe condita 1327 Armenian calendar 23 ԹՎ ԻԳ Assyrian calendar 5324 Balinese saka calendar 495–496 Bengali calendar −20 – −19 Berber calendar 1524 Buddhist calendar 1118 Burmese calendar −64 Byzantine calendar 6082–6083 Chinese calendar 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3271 or 3064 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3272 or 3065 Coptic calendar 290–291 Discordian calendar 1740 Ethiopian calendar 566–567 Hebrew calendar 4334–4335 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 630–631 - Shaka Samvat 495–496 - Kali Yuga 3674–3675 Holocene calendar 10574 Iranian calendar 48 BP – 47 BP Islamic calendar 50 BH – 48 BH Javanese calendar 462–463 Julian calendar 574 DLXXIV Korean calendar 2907 Minguo calendar 1338 before ROC 民前1338年 Nanakshahi calendar −894 Seleucid era 885/886 AG Thai solar calendar 1116–1117 Tibetan calendar ཆུ་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Water-Snake) 700 or 319 or −453 — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Horse) 701 or 320 or −452

Year **574** (**[DLXXIV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Monday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 574 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

#### Byzantine Empire

- [December 7](/source/December_7) – Emperor [Justin II](/source/Justin_II) retires due to recurring seizures of [insanity](/source/Insanity); he abdicates the [throne](/source/Throne) in favour of his general [Tiberius](/source/Tiberius_II_Constantine). Justin proclaims him *[Caesar](/source/Caesar_(title))* and adopts him as his own son.[1]

- Winter – Empress [Sophia](/source/Sophia_(empress)) and Tiberius agree to a one year truce with the [Persians](/source/Persian_people), at the cost of 45,000 *[solidi](/source/Solidus)*. The truce applies only to the [Mesopotamian](/source/Mesopotamia) front; in the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus), war continues.[2]

#### Europe

- King [Cleph](/source/Cleph) is murdered after an 18-month reign by a [guard](/source/Bodyguard), a slave who he has mistreated. For the next decade, the [Lombard Kingdom](/source/Kingdom_of_the_Lombards) is governed by independent [duchies](/source/Lombard_duchies) ([Rule of the Dukes](/source/Rule_of_the_Dukes)).[3]

- The [Visigoths](/source/Visigoths) under King [Liuvigild](/source/Liuvigild) invade [Cantabria](/source/Duchy_of_Cantabria) (Northern [Spain](/source/Spain)), and destroy the city of [Amaya](/source/Amaya%2C_Burgos) ([Burgos](/source/Province_of_Burgos)). He massacres the inhabitants and adds the province to the [Visigothic Kingdom](/source/Visigothic_Kingdom).

- [Áedán mac Gabráin](/source/%C3%81ed%C3%A1n_mac_Gabr%C3%A1in) becomes [king of Dál Riata](/source/List_of_kings_of_D%C3%A1l_Riata) ([Scotland](/source/Scotland)) (approximate Date).

#### Asia

- The [Persian Empire](/source/Sassanid_Empire) overthrows the [Axumite](/source/Kingdom_of_Aksum)- and [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire)-affiliated regimes in [Yemen](/source/Yemen) ([Arabian Peninsula](/source/Arabian_Peninsula)).[4]

#### Unidentified

- A major [volcanic eruption](/source/Volcanic_eruption) occurs in the Antarctic.[5]

### By topic

#### Religion

- [July 13](/source/July_13) – [Pope John III](/source/Pope_John_III) dies at [Rome](/source/Rome) after a 13-year tenure. The [Holy See](/source/Holy_See) becomes *[sede vacante](/source/Sede_vacante)* until June of the following year.

- [Marius Aventicensis](/source/Marius_Aventicensis) is made [bishop](/source/Bishop) of *[Aventicum](/source/Aventicum)* (modern [Avenches](/source/Avenches)).

## Births

- [February 7](/source/February_7) – [Shōtoku](/source/Prince_Sh%C5%8Dtoku), prince and [regent](/source/Regency) of [Japan](/source/Japan) (d. [622](/source/622))

- [Xiao Yu](/source/Xiao_Yu), prince of the [Liang Dynasty](/source/Liang_Dynasty) (d. [647](/source/647))

## Deaths

- [July 13](/source/July_13) – [Pope John III](/source/Pope_John_III)

- [Cleph](/source/Cleph), king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards) (or [575](/source/575))

- [Conall mac Comgaill](/source/Conall_mac_Comgaill), king of [Dál Riata](/source/D%C3%A1l_Riata)[6]

- [Xuan](/source/Empress_Dowager_Chinu), empress of [Northern Zhou](/source/Northern_Zhou)

- [Queen Jiso](/source/Queen_Jiso)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Tiberius II Constantine](http://www.brittanica:)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*].

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Greatrex & Lieu 2002](#CITEREFGreatrexLieu2002), p. 136.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Lombard](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/346673/Lombard) (2008).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Islam_4-0)** Esposito (2003). *The Oxford Dictionary of Islam*, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-512558-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-512558-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Connor, Steve (July 7, 2014). "Our explosive past is written in the Antarctic ice". *[i](/source/I_(British_newspaper))*. London. p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Connolly, S. J., ed. (February 24, 2011). *The Oxford companion to Irish history* (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 5. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780199691869](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199691869).

**Bibliography**

- Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). [*The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zc8iAQAAIAAJ). New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-415-14687-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-14687-9).

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