603
This article is about the year 603. For the number, see 603 (number). For other uses, see 603 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 570s 580s 590s – 600s – 610s 620s 630s |
| Years: | 600 601 602 – 603 – 604 605 606 |
| 603 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 603 DCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1356 |
| Armenian calendar | 52 ԹՎ ԾԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5353 |
| Bengali calendar | 10 |
| Berber calendar | 1553 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1147 |
| Burmese calendar | −35 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6111–6112 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3299 or 3239 — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3300 or 3240 |
| Coptic calendar | 319–320 |
| Discordian calendar | 1769 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 595–596 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4363–4364 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 659–660 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 525–526 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3704–3705 |
| Holocene calendar | 10603 |
| Iranian calendar | 19 BP – 18 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 20 BH – 19 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 603 DCIII |
| Korean calendar | 2936 |
| Minguo calendar | 1309 before ROC 民前1309年 |
| Seleucid era | 914/915 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1145–1146 |
King Witteric (c. 565–610)
Year 603 (DCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 603 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Europe
- Spring – Witteric, counting on the support of the nobles, attacks the royal palace in Toledo and overthrows king Liuva II. He cut off his right hand and has him executed. Witteric becomes new king of the Visigoths.[1]
- King Agilulf besieges Cremona and with assistance of the Slavs the city is destroyed. He captures Padua and Mantua (Northern Italy), its territory is divided between the Lombard duchies of Brescia and Bergamo.
- Agilulf under the influence of his wife Theodelinda abandons Arianism for Catholicism, and is with his son Adaloald baptised in the Cathedral of Monza where later the Iron Crown of Lombardy is installed.
- Last mention of the Roman Senate (according to the Gregorian register). It mentions that the Senate acclaimed new statues of emperor Phocas and empress Leontia.[2]
Britain
- Battle of Degsastan: King Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats the combined forces of Strathclyde Britons and Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin, establishing the supremacy of the Angles in the northern part of what will become known as the British Isles.
Asia
- Emperor Wéndi stabilises the Chinese Empire; the agricultural acreage increase greatly and shipbuilding technology reaching a new high level.
- Prince Shōtoku of Japan establishes a twelve level cap and rank system and is said to have authored a seventeen-article constitution.
- Rebellious Göktürks depose and kill the ambitious ruler (khagan) Tardu of the Western Turkic Khaganate (Central Asia).
- Heshana Khan succeeds his father Tardu as ruler of the Göktürks and levies heavy taxes on the Tiele people.
By topic
Religion
- Schuttern Abbey (Germany) is founded by the wandering Irish monk Offo.
- The future Pope Boniface III is appointed papal legate to Constantinople.
Births
- Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Muslim scholar (approximate date)
- Dagobert I, king of the Franks (d. 639)
- Li Daozong, prince of the Tang Dynasty (approximate date)
- Li Yuanji, prince of the Tang Dynasty (d. 626)
- Pacal the Great, ruler (ajaw) of Palenque (d. 683)
- Yeon Gaesomun, dictator of Goguryeo (d. 666)
Deaths
- Fintan of Clonenagh, Irish abbot
- Liuva II, king of the Visigoths (b. 583)
- Mungo, Brythonic bishop (or 614)
- Tardu, ruler (khagan) of the Göktürks
References
- ↑ Roger Collins, "Visigothic Spain 409–711", p. 73
- ↑ Jeffrey Richards. The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476–752, p. 246
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