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Year '''583''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 583 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] decides to end the annual [[tribute]] to the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], a mounted people who have swept across Russia and threatened the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]]. They capture the cities of [[Singidunum]] (modern [[Belgrade]]) and [[Viminacium]] ([[Moesia]]).

==== Europe ==== 
* King [[Liuvigild]] lays siege to [[Seville]] (Southern Spain), and forms an [[Military alliance|alliance]] with the [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantines]]. He summons his rebellious son [[Hermenegild]] back to [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], and forces him to abandon the [[Chalcedonian Christianity|Chalcedonian Faith.]]
* The city of [[Monemvasia]] ([[Peloponnese]]) is founded by people seeking refuge from the [[Slavs]] and Avars.
* [[Eboric]] (also called Euric) succeeds his father [[Miro (Suevic king)|Miro]] as king of the [[Kingdom of the Suebi|Suevi]] ([[Gallaecia|Hispania Gallaecia]]).

==== Arabia ====
* [[Muhammad]], age 12, accompanies his uncle [[Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib|Abu Talib]] during trading journeys to [[Syria]].

==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[Yohl Ikʼnal]] succeeds [[Kan Bahlam I]] as queen of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city of [[Palenque]] (Mexico).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharer |first=Robert J. |title=The ancient Maya |last2=Traxler |first2=Loa P. |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8047-4817-9 |edition=6th |location=Stanford, California |pages=461}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Medicine ====
* [[Smallpox]] begins spreading from China to Japan and Korea (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah|Abu Ubaidah]], companion of [[Muhammad]] (d. [[639]])

* [[Liuva II]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (d. [[603]])
* [[Theodosius (son of Maurice)|Theodosius]], Byzantine co-emperor (approximate date)
*[[Umar ibn Al-Khattab|Umar]], companion of [[Muhammad]] (d. [[644]]) and second [[Caliph]] of [[Rashidun Caliphate]]
* [[Xiao Xian]], prince of the [[Liang dynasty]] (d. [[621]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Kan Bahlam I]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (b. [[524]])
* [[Miro (Suevian king)|Miro]], king of the [[Suebi|Suevi]] (approximate date)

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