581 CY

World of Greyhawk Timeline • Common Era • Age of Great Sorrow
576	577	578	579	580	581 CY	582	583	584	585	586
In other reckonings: 1001 SE • 1225 OR • 1385 OL • 1989 TC • 2731 FT • 3240 BH • 5043 OC • 6096 SD

Events

Jallarzi Sallavarian invited to join the Circle of Eight to replace Bucknard. (LGJ #00 p.6)
Halmadar the Cruel escapes his prison. Using both the Hand and Eye of Vecna, and under Vecna's control, he slays the entire Circle of Eight. Vecna attempts to become a greater deity, but is banished at Tovag Baragu by adventurers. Senior Vecna cultist Diraq Malcinex, the Heart of Vecna, is slain. (WGA4 Vecna Lives!; LGG p.15; LGJ #00 p.6)
The Red Death plague sweeps the Flanaess. (LGG p.24)
Castle at Hommlet completed. (LGG p.132)
In approximately this year, Turrosh Mak becomes leader of the Pomarj. (LGG p.99)
"Farmer Giles' squash" incident. In Needfest in the City of Greyhawk, the prize-winning vegetable at Guild Day contest is found to have been magically enlarged. (The Adventure Begins p.46)