585

Events

• Emperor Yomei ascends to the throne of Japan.
• In China, Nan Liang Xiao Jing Di succeeds Nan LIang Xiao Ming Di as ruler of the Nan Liang Dynasty .
• The Suebi kingdom on the Iberian peninsula is conquered by the Visigoths under King Leovigild.
• Hussa succeeds his brother Frithuwald as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
• Creoda becomes king of Mercia.

Environmental change

• Famine in Gaul.

Births

Deaths

• Emperor Bidatsu of Japan
• Frithuwald , king of Bernicia (traditional date)