Visigoths embrace Catholicism
King Reccared renounces Arianism
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In May 589, at the council in Toledo, King Reccared together with the Visigothic nobles and bishops renounced Arianism and accepted the Nicene faith. This drew the Goths closer to the kingdom's Hispano-Roman majority.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- c. 570 Year of the Elephant — 19 years earlier
Asia
- 589 Sui dynasty reunifies China — same year
- 605–610 Grand Canal of China — 16 years later
Alive at the time
- Muhammad (aged 19)
- Prince Shōtoku (aged 15)