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

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
Muhammad, age 12, accompanies his uncle Abu Talib during trading journeys to Syria.
Mesoamerica
Yohl Ikʼnal succeeds Kan Bahlam I as queen of the Maya city of Palenque.
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