568

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Events

By Place

Europe

*April 1 — King Alboin leads the Lombards into Italy; refugees fleeing from them go on to found Venice.
*Leovigild succeeds his brother Liuva I as king of the Visigoths.
*Æthelric succeeds his brother Adda as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
*Ceawlin of Wessex defeats Ethelbert of Kent at the Battle of Wibbandun.
*Sigebert I of Austrasia repels an attack from the Avars.
*Fredegund becomes the mistress of Chilperic I after the murder of Galswintha.

Asia

* The Turks and Sassanids succeed in destroying the Hepthalite empire.
* A Turkish khan sends emissaries to Byzantium.

Births

*Feng Deyi, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 627)
*Liu Wenjing, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 619)

Deaths

*Adda, king of Bernicia (traditional date)
*Galswintha, wife of Chilperic I of Neustria