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Year '''596''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXCVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 596 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]] uses the city of [[Marcianopolis]] (modern [[Bulgaria]]) as a military base of operations on the lower [[Danube|Danube River]], against the [[Slavs]] on the [[Balkans]].

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Raith]]: An invading force of [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] lands on the [[Fife]] coast<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/15286/title/596adthebattleofraith |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223123751/https://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/15286/title/596adthebattleofraith |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-23 |title=596 a.D. - The Battle of Raith &#124; made by young people at Makewaves |publisher=Radiowaves.co.uk |date=2009-05-21 |access-date=2012-09-08 }}</ref> near Raith ([[Kirkcaldy]]) and defeats an [[Military alliance|alliance]] of [[Gaels|Scots]], [[Britons (historical)|Britons]] and [[Picts]], under King [[Áedán mac Gabráin]] of [[Dál Riata]] ([[Scotland]]).

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wéndi]] sends [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] letters to the royal court of [[Goguryeo]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]]). He demands the cancellation of the [[military alliance]] with the [[Göktürks|Eastern Turk Khanate]], and the raiding of [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] border regions. 

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Gregorian Mission]]: [[Augustine of Canterbury]] lands with a group of [[Missionary|missionaries]] on the [[Isle of Thanet]] ([[South East England]]). He is welcomed by King [[Æthelberht of Kent]], who accepts [[baptism]] along with the rest of his court at the behest of his Christian [[Franks|Frankish]] wife, [[Bertha of Kent|Bertha]]. Æthelbert assigns Augustine and his 40 [[monk]]s a residence at [[Canterbury]] ([[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]), where they found a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monastery that will make the town a centre of [[Christianity]] (or [[597]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Cui Dunli]], general of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[656]])
* [[Daoxuan]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[667]])
* [[Gao Jifu]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. [[654]])
* [[Emperor Kōtoku|Kōtoku]], emperor of [[Japan]] (d. [[654]])
* [[Liu Xiangdao]], official of the Tang dynasty (d. [[AD 666|666]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Ebrulf]], Frankish [[hermit]] and [[abbot]] (b. [[517]])
* [[Marius Aventicensis]], bishop of [[Aventicum]] (b. [[532]])

== References ==
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