578

578 (DLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 578th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 578th year of the 1st millennium, the 78th year of the 6th century, and the 9th year of the 570s decade. As of the start of 578, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	540s  550s  560s  – 570s –  580s  590s  600s
Years:	575 576 577 – 578 – 579 580 581

578 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	578 DLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1331
Armenian calendar	27 ԹՎ ԻԷ
Assyrian calendar	5328
Balinese saka calendar	499–500
Bengali calendar	−15
Berber calendar	1528
Buddhist calendar	1122
Burmese calendar	−60
Byzantine calendar	6086–6087
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3274 or 3214     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3275 or 3215
Coptic calendar	294–295
Discordian calendar	1744
Ethiopian calendar	570–571
Hebrew calendar	4338–4339
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	634–635
- Shaka Samvat	499–500
- Kali Yuga	3678–3679
Holocene calendar	10578
Iranian calendar	44 BP – 43 BP
Islamic calendar	45 BH – 44 BH
Javanese calendar	467–468
Julian calendar	578 DLXXVIII
Korean calendar	2911
Minguo calendar	1334 before ROC 民前1334年
Nanakshahi calendar	−890
Seleucid era	889/890 AG
Thai solar calendar	1120–1121
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 704 or 323 or −449     — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 705 or 324 or −448

Events

• Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor
• Kongo Gumi, world's oldest (construction) company founded in Osaka, Japan