
Events 590s – Pope Gregory the Great
590 Pope Gregory the Great Events 590: Gregory the Great succeeds Pope Pelagius II (who dies of plague) as the 64th pope. 594: Beginning of the Bengali Calendar 595: Pope Gregory sends Roman monks led by Augustine to England. The first city wall of Hangzhou (Eastern China) is constructed. England gets her first written code of laws from Æthelbert. The code is concerned with preserving social order, through compensation and punishment for personal injury Religion Gregorian Mission: Augustine of Canterbury lands with a group of missionaries on the Isle of Thanet (South East England). He is welcomed by King Æthelberht of Kent, who accepts baptism (along with the rest of his court) at the behest of his Christian Frankish wife, Bertha. Æthelbert assigns Augustine and his […]