Battle of Blarathon
Byzantium restores Shah Khosrow II to his throne
In 590 the rebel general Bahram Chobin seized the Iranian throne and the young Khosrow II fled to Emperor Maurice. In summer 591 a joint Byzantine-Persian army defeated Bahram at Blarathon; in gratitude Khosrow ceded most of Armenia and Iberia to Byzantium.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 568 Lombards invade Italy — 23 years earlier
- 597 Augustine's mission to Kent — 6 years later
Asia
- 589 Sui dynasty reunifies China — 2 years earlier
- 605–610 Grand Canal of China — 14 years later
Alive at the time
- Muhammad (aged 21)
- Prince Shōtoku (aged 17)