558

This article is about the year 558. For the number, see 558 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	520s  530s  540s  – 550s –  560s  570s  580s
Years:	555 556 557 – 558 – 559 560 561

558 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

558 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	558 DLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1311
Armenian calendar	7 ԹՎ Է
Assyrian calendar	5308
Bengali calendar	−35
Berber calendar	1508
Buddhist calendar	1102
Burmese calendar	−80
Byzantine calendar	6066–6067
Chinese calendar	丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3254 or 3194     — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3255 or 3195
Coptic calendar	274–275
Discordian calendar	1724
Ethiopian calendar	550–551
Hebrew calendar	4318–4319
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	614–615
- Shaka Samvat	480–481
- Kali Yuga	3659–3660
Holocene calendar	10558
Iranian calendar	64 BP – 63 BP
Islamic calendar	66 BH – 65 BH
Julian calendar	558 DLVIII
Korean calendar	2891
Minguo calendar	1354 before ROC 民前1354年
Seleucid era	869/870 AG
Thai solar calendar	1100–1101

King Chlothar I (c. 497–561)

Year 558 (DLVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 558 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

By place

Byzantine Empire

• May 7 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses due to an earthquake. Emperor Justinian I orders the dome to be rebuilt.

Europe

• The Avars and the Slavs occupy the Hungarian Plain on the Balkans. The threat of Avar domination prompt the Lombards to migrate to Italy.
• December 13 – King Chlothar I reunites the Frankish Kingdom after his brother Childebert I has died. He becomes sole ruler of the Franks.
• Conall mac Comgaill becomes king of Dál Riata, a Gaelic overkingdom on the western coast of Scotland.

Asia

• Istämi, ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate, establishes diplomatic relations with the Byzantine Empire.

By topic

Religion

• The Guanghua Temple in Putian (China) is built during the Chen Dynasty under emperor Chen Wu Di.
• The Bangor Abbey is founded by the Irish abbot Comgall in Northern Ireland (approximate date).
• December 23 – The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is dedicated by Germain, bishop of Paris.

Births

• Gao Yan, prince of Northern Qi (d. 571)
• Yu Shinan, calligrapher and official (d. 638)

Deaths

• Abraham of Kratia, Christian monk (approximate date)
• December 13 – Childebert I, king of the Franks
• Queen Dugu, Chinese queen of Northern Zhou
• Gabrán mac Domangairt, king of Dál Riata
• May 15 – Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk
• Jing Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 543)
• May 13 – John the Silent, bishop and saint
• May 1 – Marcouf, missionary and saint