6th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 501 | Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Braga. | |
| 507 | At the Battle of Vouillé the Franks wrested control of Aquitaine from the Visigoths. King Alaric II, the conqueror of all Hispania, was killed in battle, and after a temporary retreat to Narbonne, Visigoth nobles spirited his heir, the child-king Amalaric to safety across the Pyrenees and into Iberia. | |
| Gesalec becomes king of the Visigoths. | ||
| 511 | The Visigoths and Ostrogoths were reunited under Theodoric the Great, ruling from Ravenna, acting as regent for Amalaric. The center of Visigothic rule shifted first to Barcelona, then inland and south to Toledo. (to 526) | |
| 526 | Amalaric becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 527 | Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Toledo. | |
| 531 | Theudis becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 537 | Profuturus becomes bishop of Braga. | |
| 548 | Theudigisel becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 549 | Agila becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 550 | Karriarico becomes King of the Suevi. | |
| Saint Martin of Dumes arrives in Suevish Gallaecia. Born in Pannonia, he was the foremost Iberian scholar of his time. He was given the church of Dume, where he built a monastery. | ||
| 554 | Athanagild becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 558 | Saint Martin, Abbot of Dumes becomes Bishop of Dume. | |
| 559 | Teodomiro becomes King of the Suevi. | |
| 561 | Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Braga. | |
| 562 | Saint Martin of Dumes becomes Bishop of Braga. | |
| 567 | Liuva I becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 568 | Liuvigild becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 569 | Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Lugo. | |
| 570 | Miro becomes King of the Suevi. | |
| King Liuvigild of the Visigoths begins military actions with the explicit purpose of conquering all of Hispania. | ||
| 572 | Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Braga. | |
| 583 | Eborico (also called Eurico) becomes King of the Suevi. | |
| 584 | Andeca becomes King of the Suevi. | |
| The Visigothic King Liuvigild invades the Suevic kingdom and finally defeates it. | ||
| 585 | Andeca, the last king of the Suevi, helds out for a year before surrendering in to the Visigothic King Liuvigild. With his surrender, this branch of the Suevi vanished into the Visigothic kingdom. | |
| 586 | Reccared becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 587 | Reccared, the Visigothic king at Toledo, having been converted to Catholicism puts an end to dissension on the question of Arianism and launched a movement to unify the various religious doctrines that existed in Hispania. | |
| 589 | Pantardus becomes bishop of Braga. |
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