565

This page relates to the year 565 Calendrier Julien.

Events

November 14th: Beginning of the reign of Justin II, Byzantine Emperor (fine in 578). He marries Sophie. The ambitious foreign policy of Justinien exhausted the State economically and militarily, depriving it of the interior dynamism and the essential resources to face the threat in the Balkans and in Asia.
In Africa, Justin II cannot prevent the prince Berbère Garmul from beating the Byzantine troops.
the laughed Ard Érenn or supreme king of Ireland converts with the Christianisme.
the bishop of Poitiers Venance Fortunat (death in 609) mentions the defeat of a Danish fleet in Frise towards 565 (or 574 according to L. Musset).
the Persian and the Turks fight together against the Huns in Central Asia and divide the Bactrie (Bactriane) conquered jointly. The border is established on the Oxus.
the Sogdiane, divided into small principalities, with Samarkand like principal city, remains the principal hearth commercial of the Soie.

November 15th: Holy Malo (or in Latin Maclovius , Maclou ), one of the Seven saints founders of Brittany. (° March 29th 487).
Mars: Bélisaire, general Byzantine.
Justinien Ier the Large one, Byzantine Emperor (13 November 14th). Its nephew Justin II succeeds to him.
Romanos Mélode, deacon with Béryte (Beirut), which composed of the liturgical canticles ( Kontakia ) which are at the same time sumptuous Homélie S.

Map-bms: 565

Random links: