559

For the North American area code, see area code 559.

Centuries:	5th century · 6th century · 7th century
Decades:	520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s
Years:	556 557 558 559 560 561 562

559 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

**559 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	559 DLIX
Ab urbe condita	1312
Armenian calendar	8 ԹՎ Ը
Bahá'í calendar	-1285 – -1284
Bengali calendar	-34
Berber calendar	1509
Buddhist calendar	1103
Burmese calendar	-79
Byzantine calendar	6067 – 6068
Chinese calendar	戊寅年十二月初七日 (3195/3255-12-7) — to — 己卯年十一月十七日 (3196/3256-11-17)
Coptic calendar	275 – 276
Ethiopian calendar	551 – 552
Hebrew calendar	4319 – 4320
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	615 – 616
- Shaka Samvat	481 – 482
- Kali Yuga	3660 – 3661
Holocene calendar	10559
Iranian calendar	63 BP – 62 BP
Islamic calendar	65 BH – 64 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2892
Thai solar calendar	1102

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

The Kutrigurs and Huns under Zabergan invade and raid Byzantine territory, but are driven back near Constantinople by Belisarius.

Europe

Glappa succeeds his father Ida as king of Bernicia (traditional date).

Asia

First successful human flight: a manned kite lands in the proximity of Ye, China.^[1]
Ara Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy, surrenders to Silla in the Korean peninsula.

Births

Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou

Deaths

Northern Qi Wen Xuan Di, Chinese ruler
Chen Wu Di, Chinese ruler
Ida, king of Bernicia (traditional date)

Notes

↑ （永定三年）使元黄头与诸囚自金凤台各乘纸鸱以飞，黄头独能至紫陌乃堕，仍付御史中丞毕义云饿杀之。 (Rendering: [In the 3rd year of Yongding, 559], Gao Yang conducted an experiment by having Yuan Huangtou and a few prisoners launch themselves from a tower in Ye, capital of the Northern Qi. Yuan Huangtou was the only one who survived from this flight, as he glided over the city-wall and fell at Zimo [western segment of Ye] safely, but he was later executed.) Zizhi Tongjian 167.