583
Year 583 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 583 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
- Emperor Maurice decides to end the annual tribute to the Avars, a mounted people who have swept across Russia and threatened the Balkan Peninsula. They capture the cities of Singidunum and Viminacium.
Europe
- King Liuvigild lays siege to Seville, and forms an alliance with the Byzantines. He summons his rebellious son Hermenegild back to Toledo, and forces him to abandon the Chalcedonian Faith.
- The city of Monemvasia is founded by people seeking refuge from the Slavs and Avars.
- Eboric succeeds his father Miro as king of the Suevi.
Arabia
Mesoamerica
- Yohl Ikʼnal succeeds Kan Bahlam I as queen of the Maya city of Palenque.
By topic
Medicine
Births
- Abu Ubaidah, companion of Muhammad
- Liuva II, king of the Visigoths
- Theodosius, Byzantine co-emperor
- Umar, companion of Muhammad and second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate
- Xiao Xian, prince of the Liang dynasty
Deaths
- February 1 - Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque
- Miro, king of the Suevi