564 CE Columba reports seeing the Loch Ness Monster at the River Ness (according to the "Life of St. Columba"). Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (Wales), settles in Weedon and is made bishop (approximate date). Samson of Dol, one of seven founder saints of Brittany, attends a council in Paris and witnesses several royal decrees (approximate date).
In the 560s , the 6th century .
August 22 – Columba reports seeing the Loch Ness Monster at the River Ness (according to the "Life of St. Columba").source Tulum, Maya walled city, on the Yucatán Peninsula (modern Mexico) is first mentioned on a stele inscription.source Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (Wales), settles in Weedon and is made bishop (approximate date).source Samson of Dol, one of seven founder saints of Brittany, attends a council in Paris and witnesses several royal decrees (approximate date).source Births Hermenegild, Visigoth prince (approximate date)source Li Baiyao, Chinese official and historian (died 647)source Deaths Tudwal, Breton monk and saint (approximate date)source Laisrén mac Nad Froích, Irish monk and saintsource Petroc, Celtic prince and saint (approximate date)source Gao Bainian, crown prince of Northern Qi (born 556)source Nearby 560–569 Days named on this page 10 of 10 sourced entries shown. Every line above is quoted from the revision linked beside it, which is 564 on English Wikipedia, revision 1340800769, retrieved 2026-09-06. Nothing on this page is written by us and nothing is generated: the sentences are the source’s own, so a claim you doubt can be checked against the exact revision it came from. Text is reused under CC BY-SA 4.0 .