565
| Years: 561 562 563 564 - 565 - 566 567 568 569 | |
| Decades: 530s 540s 550s - 560s - 570s 580s 590s | |
| Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century | |
Events
- January 22 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
- November 14 - Justin II succeeds Justinian I as Byzantine Emperor
- Agathias begins to write a history beginning where Procopius finished his work.
- Northern Qi Hou Zhu succeeds Northern Qi Wu Cheng Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Qi Dynasty
- Alboin succeeds his father Audoin as king of the Lombards
- Saint Columba allegedly saves the life of a Pict who was being attacked by a monster in the River Ness. The alleged event has been suggested as the earliest known sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.
- Columba begins preaching in the Orkney Islands.
- The Uighurs are taken over by the Gokturks.
Births
Deaths
- November 13/ 14 - Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor
- Belisarius, Byzantine general
- Procopius of Caesarea, historian
- Audoin, king of the Lombards