561

Years: 557 558 559 560 - 561 - 562 563 564 565

Decades: 530s 540s 550s - 560s - 570s 580s 590s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy.
• John succeeds Pelagius as Pope.
• Northern Qi Wu Cheng Di succeeds Northern Qi Xiao Zhao Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Qi Dynasty
• Battle of Cúl Drebene between the Northern and Southern Ui Neill.
• According to tradition, a pitched battle erupts after a dispute between Saint Columba and Saint Finnian over authorship of a psalter. As penance for these deaths, Columba was ordered to make the same number of new converts as had been killed.
• Jnanagupta begins translating Buddhist texts into Chinese.

Births

Deaths

• March 4 - Pelagius, Pope
• Clotaire I, king of the Franks