594

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	570s 580s 590s 600s 610s
Years:	591 592 593 594 595 596 597

594 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	594 DXCIV
Ab urbe condita	1347
Armenian calendar	43 ԹՎ ԽԳ
Assyrian calendar	5344
Balinese saka calendar	515–516
Bengali calendar	1
Berber calendar	1544
Buddhist calendar	1138
Burmese calendar	−44
Byzantine calendar	6102–6103
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3291 or 3084     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3292 or 3085
Coptic calendar	310–311
Discordian calendar	1760
Ethiopian calendar	586–587
Hebrew calendar	4354–4355
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	650–651
- Shaka Samvat	515–516
- Kali Yuga	3694–3695
Holocene calendar	10594
Iranian calendar	28 BP – 27 BP
Islamic calendar	29 BH – 28 BH
Javanese calendar	483–484
Julian calendar	594 DXCIV
Korean calendar	2927
Minguo calendar	1318 before ROC 民前1318年
Nanakshahi calendar	−874
Seleucid era	905/906 AG
Thai solar calendar	1136–1137
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 720 or 339 or −433     — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 721 or 340 or −432

Constructions of the Great Wall (Sui dynasty)

Year 594 (DXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 594 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

• Balkan Campaign: The Slavs invade the Byzantine provinces of Moesia and Macedonia again; during their pillaging the towns of Aquis, Scupi and Zaldapa in Dobruja are destroyed.
• Autumn – Emperor Maurice replaces general Priscus for disobeying orders. He installs his inexperienced brother Peter, as commander-in-chief in charge of the war against the Avars.

Asia

• Emperor Wéndi repairs and expands sections of the Great Wall in the north-west, which is undertaken by using forced labour. During the years, thousands of civilians are killed.
• Empress Suiko issues the "Flourishing Three Treasures Edict", officially recognizing the practice of Buddhism in Japan. She begins diplomatic relations with the Sui dynasty (China).

By topic

Religion

• Amos succeeds John IV as Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.
• Approximate date – Pope Gregory I publishes his Dialogues.

Births

• Kōgyoku, empress of Japan (d. 661)
• Li Shiji, general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 669)
• Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, companion of Muhammad (d. 656)

approximate date

• Ali ibn Abi Talib, first Shia Imam (d. 661)
• Maymuna bint al-Harith, wife of Muhammad
• Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, wife of Muhammad

Deaths

• November 17 – Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian
• John IV, patriarch of Jerusalem (approximate date)