559

year

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Instance of: year
Part of: 550s
Followed by: 560
Follows: 558

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Commons category: 559
topic's main category: Category:559
point in time: 0559-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 559
category for births in this time period: Category:559 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:559 deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 559 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 559 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.

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