DLXXXVIII in Roman numerals
For other uses, see 588 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 550s 560s 570s 580s 590s 600s 610s |
| Years: | 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 |
| 588 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 588 DLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1341 |
| Armenian calendar | 37 ԹՎ ԼԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1256 – -1255 |
| Bengali calendar | -5 |
| Berber calendar | 1538 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1132 |
| Burmese calendar | -50 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6096 – 6097 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年十一月廿七日 (3224/3284-11-27) — to —
戊申年十二月初八日(3225/3285-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 304 – 305 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 580 – 581 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4348 – 4349 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 643 – 644 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 510 – 511 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3689 – 3690 |
| Holocene calendar | 10588 |
| Iranian calendar | 34 BP – 33 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 35 BH – 34 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2921 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1131 |
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
Europe
- Æthelric becomes first King of Northumbria, after the kingdom is formed from the union of the two small Anglian kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira.
Asia
- The First Perso-Turkic War is fought.
- Shivadeva ascends the throne of the Lichchhavi dynasty in Nepal.
- A large meteorite impact kills 10 people in rural China.
By topic
Religion
- The Lombards are converted to Christianity.
- The Skellig Michael monastery is founded on a steep rocky island off the coast of Ireland.
Births
- Saint Eligius (approximate date)
- Yu Zhining
Deaths
- May 1—Marcouf, Christian saint
- Aella of Deira
- Saint Aed Macbricc
- Empress Dowager Li Ezi
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