6th century

(5th century - 6th century - 7th century - other centuries)

• Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland)
• Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. Kevin[?]
• Zen Buddhism adherants enter Vietnam from China.
• Buddhist Jataka stories are translated into Persian by order of the Zoroastrian king Khusru[?].
• Buddhism introduced to Japan from Baekje[?] (Korea) in 552.
• Outbreak of bubonic plague in Constantinople and the rest of the Roman Empire.

Significant persons

• Pope Gregory the Great (590-604)
• Arthur, defeated the Anglo-Saxons
• Justinian, Byzantine Emperor (527-565)

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• heavy plow in use in Po valley, Italy
• breast-strap horse harness in use in Frankish kingdom
• Byzantine Empire acquires silk technology from China

Decades and Years