567

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King Charibert I (c. 517–567)

Year 567 (DLXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 567 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.

Events

The Lombard–Gepid War (567) ends with a Lombard-Avar victory, and the annihilation of the Gepids.
Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, marries Brunhilda, and his half brother Chilperic I marries Galswintha, both daughters of the Visigothic king Athanagild.
King Charibert I dies without an heir; his realm (region Neustria and Aquitaine) is divided between his brothers Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I.^[1]
Liuva I succeeds his predecessor Athanagild, after an interregnum of five months, and becomes king of the Visigoths.^[2]

Three Disasters of Wu: Emperor Wu Di of the Northern Zhou dynasty initiates the second persecution of Buddhists in China. This persecution continues until he is succeeded by his son Emperor Xuan.

The Second Council of Tours is held. It decrees that any cleric found in bed with his wife will be excommunicated.
John III, patriarch of Constantinople, organizes a compromise between the Chalcedonians and Monophysites.

↑ ^a ^b Charibert I, Edward James, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. Oliver Nicholson, (Oxford University Press, 2018), 317.
↑ Isidore, chapter 46; translated by Donini and Ford, p. 22
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