593

593 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	593; DXCIII
Ab urbe condita	1346
Armenian calendar	42; ԹՎ ԽԲ
Assyrian calendar	5343
Balinese saka calendar	514–515
Bengali calendar	0
Berber calendar	1543
Buddhist calendar	1137
Burmese calendar	−45
Byzantine calendar	6101–6102
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat); 3290 or 3083; — to —; 癸丑年 (Water Ox); 3291 or 3084
Coptic calendar	309–310
Discordian calendar	1759
Ethiopian calendar	585–586
Hebrew calendar	4353–4354
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	649–650
- Shaka Samvat	514–515
- Kali Yuga	3693–3694
Holocene calendar	10593
Iranian calendar	29 BP – 28 BP
Islamic calendar	30 BH – 29 BH
Javanese calendar	482–483
Julian calendar	593; DXCIII
Korean calendar	2926
Minguo calendar	1319 before ROC; 民前1319年
Nanakshahi calendar	−875
Seleucid era	904/905 AG
Thai solar calendar	1135–1136
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年; (male Water-Rat); 719 or 338 or −434; — to —; 阴水牛年; (female Water-Ox); 720 or 339 or −433

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century; 6th century ; 7th century;
Decades:	570s; 580s; 590s ; 600s; 610s;
Years:	590; 591; 592; 593 ; 594; 595; 596;

Year 593 (DXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 593 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.

Events

Aethelfrith succeeds Hussa as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
Pybba becomes king of Mercia.
The Byzantine commander-in-chief Priscus defeats the Slavs, Avars and Gepids on Roman territory south of the Danube, before he crosses the Danube into modern-day Wallachia to continue his series of victories.