598

This article is about the year 598. For the number, see 598 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	560s  570s  580s  – 590s –  600s  610s  620s
Years:	595 596 597 – 598 – 599 600 601

598 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

598 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	598 DXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	1351
Armenian calendar	47 ԹՎ ԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	5348
Bengali calendar	5
Berber calendar	1548
Buddhist calendar	1142
Burmese calendar	−40
Byzantine calendar	6106–6107
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3294 or 3234     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3295 or 3235
Coptic calendar	314–315
Discordian calendar	1764
Ethiopian calendar	590–591
Hebrew calendar	4358–4359
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	654–655
- Shaka Samvat	520–521
- Kali Yuga	3699–3700
Holocene calendar	10598
Iranian calendar	24 BP – 23 BP
Islamic calendar	25 BH – 24 BH
Julian calendar	598 DXCVIII
Korean calendar	2931
Minguo calendar	1314 before ROC 民前1314年
Seleucid era	909/910 AG
Thai solar calendar	1140–1141

File:Gang Yi-sik admral.jpg

Admiral Gang Yi-sik of Goguryeo (Korea)

Year 598 (DXCVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 598 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

By place

Byzantine Empire

• March 30 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the fortress city of Tomis (modern Romania). A Byzantine army under Comentiolus cross the Balkan Mountains and marched along the Danube River to Zikidiba.
• The Avars route the Byzantine forces of Comentiolus (south of Haemus Mons) and capture Drizipera (Thrace). A large part of their troops is killed by the plague after many cities are devastated in the Balkan Peninsula.
• Emperor Maurice pays tribute to the Avars and concludes a treaty with their leader Bayan I, allowing Byzantine expeditions in Wallachia. He reorganises his army and strengthens the Long Walls (west of Constantinople).

Europe

• Maurice makes peace with king Agilulf, conceding northern Italy. Pope Gregory I the Great negotiates a truce, ending 30 years of Lombard terror. Agilulf expands the Lombard Kingdom by occupying Sutri and Perugia.

Britain

• Battle of Catraeth: The Gododdin under Mynyddog Mwynfawr, Brythonic king of Hen Ogledd ("The Old North"), defeat the Angles of Bernicia and Deira at the stronghold of Catraeth in Northern England (approximate date).

Asia

• August 4 – Goguryeo War: Emperor Wéndi orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the rainy season, with a Chinese army (300,000 men).
• The Chinese fleet engage in battle against the Goguryeo fleet (50,000 men) under admiral Gang Yi-sik, is destroyed in the Bohai Sea. During the invasion Sui forces are all defeated and Yang Liang is forced to retreat.
• King Yeongyang sends an embassy to Daxing, Wéndi accepts a peace agreement with Goguryeo. He claims a hollow victory, as the Sui Dynasty lost nearly 90% of his army and navy during the disastrous campaign.

By topic

Religion

• Missionaries convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity throughout much of what later would be the British Isles (approximate date).
• The Guoqing Temple is build on Mount Tiantai (Zhejiang) and becomes the site for teachings of Chinese Buddhism.

Births

• Dou Dexuan, high official of the Tang Dynasty (d. 666)
• Du Fuwei, rebel leader during the Sui Dynasty (d. 624)
• Pingyang, princess of the Tang Dynasty (d. 623)
• Tai Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 649)

Deaths

• Áed mac Ainmuirech, High King of Ireland
• Dallán Forgaill, Christian Irish poet
• Wideok, king of Baekje (Korea)