610
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This article is about the year 610. For number 610, see 600 (number)#610s. For 610 Office, see 6-10 Office.
This article is about the year 610.
| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s 640s |
| Years: | 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 |
| 610 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 610 DCX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1363 |
| Armenian calendar | 59 ԹՎ ԾԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1234 – -1233 |
| Berber calendar | 1560 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1154 |
| Burmese calendar | -28 |
| Chinese calendar | 3246/3306-12-1 (己巳年十二月初一日) — to —
3247/3307-intercalary 11-11(庚午年閏十一月十一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 326 – 327 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 602 – 603 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4370 – 4371 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 665 – 666 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 532 – 533 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3711 – 3712 |
| Holocene calendar | 10610 |
| Iranian calendar | 12 BP – 11 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 12 BH – 11 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2943 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1153 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- October 4 — Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the East Roman Empire from Latin to Greek (already the language of the vast majority of the population). Because of this, after AD 610 the East Roman Empire is customarily referred to as the Byzantine Empire (the term Byzantine is a modern term invented by historians in the 18th Century; the people of the Empire itself always referred to themselves as "Ρωμιούς" - in English, Romious).
[edit] Europe
- The Avars try to invade Italy.
- Gundemar succeeds Witteric as king of the Visigoths.
- The Serbs begin to settle in the Balkans.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Arts and Sciences
[edit] Religion
- According to Islamic belief, the archangel Gabriel first appears to Muhammad, reciting to him the first verses of surat Iqra (al-`Alaq), thus beginning the revelation of the Qur'an (approximate date).
- St. Columbanus and St. Gall begin missionary work in Bregenz.
- St. John the Merciful becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Phocas, Byzantine emperor (by mob)
- Witteric, king of the Visigoths
- Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Cousin of Muhammad and first to declare him a prophet
