What happened in 591?
3 recorded events in 591, including 1 in wars & conflicts, 1 in architecture & engineering and 1 in people.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of the Blarathon
591 battle
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People 1
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Yan Zhitui died
Chinese artist-scholar (531–591)
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Cathedral of Avan
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 591.
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Battle of Martyropolis
Battle in the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
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Sasanian Civil War of 589–591
Civil war between Hormizd IV and Bahram Chobin
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Battle of the Araxes
589 battle
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Battle of Carcassonne
589 battle
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Pelagius II died
Pope and Bishop of Rome (r. 579-590)
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On Dal died
General of the Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea
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Siege of Pavia
590 siege
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Battle of Woden's Burg
592 battle fought in England
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Bahram Chobin died
Sasanian general and political leader (died 591)
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Avar sieges of Singidunum
592–595 sieges
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Gregory of Tours died
Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours
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Zubayr ibn al-Awwam born
Born in Mecca. Companion of Muhammad (594–656).
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