564
Year 564 was a leap year [starting on Tuesday] of the Julian calendar. The denomination 564 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
Britain
- Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan, settles in Weedon and is made bishop.
- August 22 - Columba reports seeing the Loch [Ness Monster] at the River Ness.
Mesoamerica
- Tulum, Maya walled city, on the Yucatán Peninsula is first mentioned on a stele inscription.
By topic
Religion
- Samson of Dol, one of seven founder saints of Brittany, attends a council in Paris and witnesses several royal decrees.
Births
- Hermenegild, Visigoth prince
- Li Baiyao, Chinese official and historian
Deaths
- Gao Bainian, crown prince of Northern Qi
- Laisrén mac Nad Froích, Irish monk and saint
- Petroc, Celtic prince and saint
- Tudwal, Breton monk and saint