601
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| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s |
| Years: | 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 |
| 601 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 601 DCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1354 |
| Armenian calendar | 50 ԹՎ Ծ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1243 – -1242 |
| Berber calendar | 1551 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1145 |
| Burmese calendar | -37 |
| Chinese calendar | 3237/3297-11-22 (庚申年十一月廿二日) — to —
3238/3298-12-2(辛酉年十二月初二日) |
| Coptic calendar | 317 – 318 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 593 – 594 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4361 – 4362 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 656 – 657 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 523 – 524 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3702 – 3703 |
| Holocene calendar | 10601 |
| Iranian calendar | 21 BP – 20 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 22 BH – 21 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2934 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1144 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- Peter (Byzantine General) defeats the Eurasian Avars.
[edit] Europe
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Arts and Sciences
- The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of Ethelbert.[citation needed]
- The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.
[edit] Religion
- The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work.
[edit] Births
- Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy
- Hongren, a Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674)
- Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)
- Empress Zhangsun
[edit] Deaths
- Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales
- Reccared, King of the Visigoths
