589

Years: 585 586 587 588 - 589 - 590 591 592 593
Decades: 550s 560s 570s - 580s - 590s 600s 610s
Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

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1 Events

Events

End of the Chen Dynasty and complete destruction of Jiankang (Nanjing), the last of the Southern dynasties in China; China reunited under the Sui Dynasty.
Regional council called by King Reccared at Toledo in Visigothic kingdom renounces Arianism and embraces Catholicism.

October 17 - The Adige River overflows its banks, flooding the church of St. Zeno and damaging the walls of Verona.
Plague visits Rome.

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