590s

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century; 6th century; 7th century;
Decades:	570s; 580s; 590s; 600s; 610s;
Years:	590; 591; 592; 593; 594; 595; 596; 597; 598; 599;
Categories:	Births; Deaths; Establishments;

The 590s decade ran from January 1, 590, to December 31, 599.

Events

590

By place

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine–Sassanid War: Emperor Maurice defeats the Persian forces under Bahrām Chobin at Nisibis (modern Turkey), and drives them back into Armenia.
Comentiolus, commander (magister militum) of the eastern army, receives the legitimate Persian king, Khosrau II, as a refugee in his headquarters at Hierapolis.
Maurice establishes the Exarchate of Carthage in Africa. He combines the civil authority of a praetorian prefect and the military authority, based at Carthage.
March 26 – Theodosius, eldest son of Maurice, is proclaimed as co-emperor. He becomes his father's heir to the Byzantine throne.[1]
Stephen I succeeds his father Guaram I as king of Iberia (Georgia) (approximate date).

Europe

The Franks and Burgundians under King Guntram invade Italy. They capture the cities Milan and Verona, but are forced to leave by a plague outbreak in the Po Valley.
The Franks again invade Italy; they capture Modena and Mantua. Several Lombard dukes defect: Gisulf I, duke of Friuli, is defeated and replaced by his son Gisulf II.
September 5 – King Authari dies (possibly by poison) after a 6-year reign, and is succeeded by Agilulf, duke (dux) of Turin, who marries his widow Theodelinda.
Frankish rebellion lead by Basina, daughter of Chilperic I.

Britain

Æthelberht succeeds his father Eormenric as king (bretwalda) of Kent (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
Siege of Lindisfarne: A Brythonic coalition lays siege to King Hussa of Bernicia at Lindisfarne Castle (Holy Island).
Owain mab Urien succeeds his father Urien, as Brythonic king of Rheged in Northern England (approximate date).

Persia

Spring – King Hormizd IV dismisses Bahrām Chobin as commander (Eran spahbed). He revolts and marches with the support of the Persian army towards Ctesiphon.
February 15 – Hormizd IV is deposed and assassinated by Persian nobles. Having ruled since 579, he is succeeded by his son Khosrau II as king of the Persian Empire.
September – Bahrām Chobin defeats the inferior forces of Khosrau II near Ctesiphon. He seizes the throne and proclaims himself as king Bahrām IV of Persia.

Asia

Kadungon becomes king of the Pandyan Kingdom in South India (approximate date).
Yeongyang becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.[2]

By topic

Religion

February 7 – Pope Pelagius II falls victim to the plague that devastated Rome. After an 11-year reign he is succeeded by Gregory I, age 50, as the 64th pope, and the first from a monastic background.
Egidius, bishop of Reims, is tried at Metz before a council of bishops for a conspiracy against King Childebert II; he is found guilty and exiled to Strasbourg.
Gregory I begins a vigorous program of rebuilding aqueducts and restoring Rome. He feeds the citizens with doles of grain, as under Roman imperial rule.
Columbanus, Irish missionary, obtains from King Guntram the Gallo-Roman castle Luxovium (Luxeuil-les-Bains), where he founds the Abbey of Luxeuil.[3]
John of Biclaro, Visigoth chronicler, finishes his "Chronicle" before he is appointed bishop of Girona (Catalonia, Spain).

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Significant people

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References

Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992, p. 1293
"List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
Jonas 643, p. 17

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[1] Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992, p. 1293

[2] "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[jonas-17-3] Jonas 643, p. 17

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	570s 580s 590s 600s 610s
Years:	590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599
Categories:	Births Deaths Establishments