A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 500 AD and 599 AD
552 - Origin of Armenian calendar 561 - John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I 533 - John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 554 - Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines military governor in Italy 527 - Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium 597 - England adopts Julian calendar 587 - Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram takes cousin Childebert II as heir 573 - Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours 579 - Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 537 - Goths lay siege to Rome
