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580 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	580; DLXXX
Ab urbe condita	1333
Armenian calendar	29; ԹՎ ԻԹ
Assyrian calendar	5330
Balinese saka calendar	501–502
Bengali calendar	−13
Berber calendar	1530
Buddhist calendar	1124
Burmese calendar	−58
Byzantine calendar	6088–6089
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig); 3277 or 3070; — to —; 庚子年 (Metal Rat); 3278 or 3071
Coptic calendar	296–297
Discordian calendar	1746
Ethiopian calendar	572–573
Hebrew calendar	4340–4341
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	636–637
- Shaka Samvat	501–502
- Kali Yuga	3680–3681
Holocene calendar	10580
Iranian calendar	42 BP – 41 BP
Islamic calendar	43 BH – 42 BH
Javanese calendar	469–470
Julian calendar	580; DLXXX
Korean calendar	2913
Minguo calendar	1332 before ROC; 民前1332年
Nanakshahi calendar	−888
Seleucid era	891/892 AG
Thai solar calendar	1122–1123
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年; (female Earth-Pig); 706 or 325 or −447; — to —; 阳金鼠年; (male Iron-Rat); 707 or 326 or −446

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century; 6th century ; 7th century;
Decades:	560s; 570s; 580s ; 590s; 600s;
Years:	577; 578; 579; 580 ; 581; 582; 583;

Year 580 (DLXXX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 580 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

By place

Byzantine Empire

The Roman Senate sends an embassy to Constantinople, with a gift (3,000 pounds of gold) to Emperor Tiberius II Constantine, along with a plea for help against the Lombards.
The Slavs begin to migrate into the Balkan Peninsula. The Avars, under King (khagan) Bayan I, invade the Lower Danube (modern Bulgaria).
Siege of Sirmium: The Avars march to the right bank of the River Sava, and besiege the Byzantine stronghold of Sirmium (Pannonia).

Europe

The Lombards drive the last Ostrogoths across the Alps (Northern Italy). During the "Rule of the Dukes" the Lombards adopt Roman titles, names, and traditions.^[1]
King Liuvigild calls for an Arian synod in Toledo (central Spain), which modifies several doctrines; he tries to unify the Christians within the Visigothic Kingdom.

Britain

Æthelberht succeeds his father Eormenric as king (bretwalda) of Kent (approximate date).

Asia

The Northern Zhou dynasty, strategically based in the basin of the Wei River, is supreme in Northern China. In the south only the Chen dynasty remains a rival.^[2]
The Chinese city of Ye (Henan) is razed to the ground by Yang Jian, future founder of the Sui dynasty, who defeats a resistance force under Yuchi Jiong.

By topic

Religion

Gregory of Tours is brought before a council of bishops, on charges of slandering the Frankish queen Fredegund (approximate date).

Births

Abdel Rahman ibn Awf, companion of Muhammad
Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi, companion of Muhammad
Cadfan ap Iago, king of Gwynedd (approximate date)
Clemen ap Bledric, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)
Dayi Daoxin, Chán Buddhist patriarch (d. 651)
Didier of Cahors, Frankish bishop (approximate date)
Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
Livinus, Irish apostle (approximate date)
Maximus the Confessor, monk and theologian (d. 662)
Pepin the Elder, Frankish Mayor of the Palace (d. 640)
Umm Salama, wife of Muhammad (approximate date)
Wei Zheng, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 643)

Deaths

Audovera, wife of Chilperic I (approximate date)
Bacurius III, king of Iberia (Georgia)
Eormenric, king of Kent (approximate date)
Galam Cennalath, king of the Picts
Gao Anagong, high official of Northern Qi
Martin of Braga, missionary and archbishop
Wei Xiaokuan, general of Western Wei (b. 509)
Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (b. 559)
Yuchi Jiong, general of Northern Zhou

References

^ "The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 500–c. 700" by Paul Fouracre and Rosamond McKitterick (p. 8)
^ Imperial Chinese Armies (p. 24). C.J. Peers, 1995. ISBN 978-1-85532-514-2