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Year '''599''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXCIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 599 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.
Year '''599''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXCIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 599 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.
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==== Byzantine Empire ====
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] refuses to pay the [[ransom]] to free 12,000 [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] soldiers taken prisoners by the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]]. Their leader [[Bayan I]] orders the execution of the prisoners, and slaughters them all. His failure to buy back the captives destroys Maurice's popularity with the Byzantine troops in the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]].<ref>The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century (1991), John V. A. Fine, Jr, p. 32. ISBN 0-472-08149-7</ref>
* Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] refuses to pay [[ransom]] for 12,000 [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] soldiers taken prisoner by the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]]. Their leader [[Bayan I]] orders the execution of the prisoners, and slaughters them all. His failure to buy back the captives destroys Maurice's popularity with the Byzantine troops in the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]].<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|page= 32}}</ref>
* Summer &ndash; [[Maurice's Balkan campaigns#Renewed campaigns, 597–602|Balkan Campaign]]: The Byzantine generals [[Priscus (general)|Priscus]] and [[Comentiolus]] join their forces at [[Singidunum]] (modern [[Belgrade]]), and move downstream to the fortress city of [[Viminacium]] ([[Serbia]]). The [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantines]] cross the [[Danube|Danube River]] and invade [[Moesia|Upper Moesia]], where they defeat the Avars in [[Battles of Viminacium|open battle]].
* Summer &ndash; [[Maurice's Balkan campaigns#Renewed campaigns, 597–602|Balkan Campaign]]: The Byzantine generals [[Priscus (magister militum)|Priscus]] and [[Comentiolus]] join their forces at [[Singidunum]] (modern [[Belgrade]]), and move downstream to the fortress city of [[Viminacium]] ([[Serbia]]). The [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantines]] cross the [[Danube|Danube River]] and invade [[Moesia|Upper Moesia]], where they defeat the Avars in [[Battles of Viminacium|open battle]].
* Priscus pursues the fleeing Avar tribes and invades their homeland in [[Pannonia (Roman province)|Pannonia]]. He devastates the land east of the [[Tisza|Tisza River]], deciding the war for the Byzantines and ending the Avar and [[Slavs|Slavic]] incursions across the Danube.
* Priscus pursues the fleeing Avar tribes and invades their homeland in [[Pannonia (Roman province)|Pannonia]]. He devastates the land east of the [[Tisza|Tisza River]], deciding the war for the Byzantines and ending the Avar and [[Slavs|Slavic]] incursions across the Danube.
* Autumn &ndash; Comentiolus reopens the [[Gate of Trajan]] pass, near [[Ihtiman]] ([[Bulgaria]]). This strategic mountain pass, whose fortress ''"Stipon"'' defends the border between the provinces [[Thrace]] and [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]], is not used for decades.
* Autumn &ndash; Comentiolus reopens the [[Gate of Trajan]] pass, near [[Ihtiman]] ([[Bulgaria]]). This strategic mountain pass, whose fortress ''"Stipon"'' defends the border between the provinces [[Thrace]] and [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]], is not used for decades.
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==== Europe ====
==== Europe ====
* [[Callinicus (exarch)|Callinicus]], governor (''[[exarch]]'') of [[Ravenna]], repulses attacks of the [[South Slavs]] in [[Istria]] ([[Croatia]]). The region is [[Looting|pillaged]], but the Byzantines drive them all out.
* [[Callinicus (exarch)|Callinicus]], governor (''[[exarch]]'') of [[Ravenna]], repulses attacks of the [[South Slavs]] in [[Istria]] ([[Croatia]]). The region is [[Looting|pillaged]], but the Byzantines drive them all out.
* Callinicus breaks the truce by kidnapping the [[Lombards|Lombard]] daughter of King [[Agilulf]].<ref>Paul the Deacon, ''History'', 4.20; translated by Foulke, p. 165</ref> Beginning a war with the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]] (approximate date).
* Callinicus breaks the truce by kidnapping the [[Lombards|Lombard]] daughter of King [[Agilulf]],<ref>Paul the Deacon, ''History'', 4.20; translated by Foulke, p. 165</ref> beginning a war with the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]] (approximate date).


==== Britain ====
==== Britain ====
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==== Asia ====
==== Asia ====
* [[Tardu]] declares himself to be ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the united [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]] (east and west).<ref>Melek Tekin:''Türk tarihi'', p. 87, Milliyet yayinları, 1991</ref> His new status is not recognised widely in the empire.
* [[Tardu]] declares himself to be ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the united [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]] (east and west).<ref>Melek Tekin: ''Türk tarihi'', p. 87, Milliyet yayinları, 1991</ref> His new status is not recognised widely in the empire.
* [[Beop of Baekje|Beop]] becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [[Baekje]].<ref name=met599>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref>


==== Mesoamerica ====
==== Mesoamerica ====
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== Births ==
== Births ==
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Tai Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[649]])
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Tai Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[649]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; Ali, Fourth Caliph of the early Muslim dynasty. He was born on Friday, 13th Rajab, 23 years before Hijra / October 9, 599 AD in Kaa'ba, Mecca.


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
* [[Anastasius I of Antioch|Anastasius I]], [[patriarch of Antioch]]
* [[Anastasius I of Antioch|Anastasius I]], [[patriarch of Antioch]]
* [[Hye of Baekje|Hye]], king of [[Baekje]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]])
* [[Hye of Baekje|Hye]], king of [[Baekje]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]])<ref name=met599 />
* [[Taliesin]], [[Britons (Celtic people)|Brythonic]] poet (approximate date)
* [[Taliesin]], [[Britons (Celtic people)|Brythonic]] poet (approximate date)
* [[Tulan Qaghan]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks]]
* [[Tulan Qaghan]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks]]

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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
599 by topic
Leaders
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599 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar599
DXCIX
Ab urbe condita1352
Armenian calendar48
ԹՎ ԽԸ
Assyrian calendar5349
Balinese saka calendar520–521
Bengali calendar6
Berber calendar1549
Buddhist calendar1143
Burmese calendar−39
Byzantine calendar6107–6108
Chinese calendar戊午年 (Earth Horse)
3296 or 3089
    — to —
己未年 (Earth Goat)
3297 or 3090
Coptic calendar315–316
Discordian calendar1765
Ethiopian calendar591–592
Hebrew calendar4359–4360
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat655–656
 - Shaka Samvat520–521
 - Kali Yuga3699–3700
Holocene calendar10599
Iranian calendar23 BP – 22 BP
Islamic calendar24 BH – 23 BH
Javanese calendar488–489
Julian calendar599
DXCIX
Korean calendar2932
Minguo calendar1313 before ROC
民前1313年
Nanakshahi calendar−869
Seleucid era910/911 AG
Thai solar calendar1141–1142
Tibetan calendar阳土马年
(male Earth-Horse)
725 or 344 or −428
    — to —
阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
726 or 345 or −427
The Maya city of Palenque (modern Mexico)

Year 599 (DXCIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 599 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.

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References

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  1. ^ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 32. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
  2. ^ Paul the Deacon, History, 4.20; translated by Foulke, p. 165
  3. ^ Melek Tekin: Türk tarihi, p. 87, Milliyet yayinları, 1991
  4. ^ a b "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
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