608

This article is about the year 608. For the number, see 608 (number). For other uses, see 608 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 6th century7th century8th century
Decades: 570s  580s  590s 600s 610s  620s  630s
Years: 605 606 607608609 610 611
608 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
608 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar608
DCVIII
Ab urbe condita1361
Armenian calendar57
ԹՎ ԾԷ
Assyrian calendar5358
Bengali calendar15
Berber calendar1558
Buddhist calendar1152
Burmese calendar−30
Byzantine calendar6116–6117
Chinese calendar丁卯(Fire Rabbit)
3304 or 3244
     to 
戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
3305 or 3245
Coptic calendar324–325
Discordian calendar1774
Ethiopian calendar600–601
Hebrew calendar4368–4369
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat664–665
 - Shaka Samvat530–531
 - Kali Yuga3709–3710
Holocene calendar10608
Iranian calendar14 BP – 13 BP
Islamic calendar14 BH – 13 BH
Japanese calendarN/A
Julian calendar608
DCVIII
Korean calendar2941
Minguo calendar1304 before ROC
民前1304年
Seleucid era919/920 AG
Thai solar calendar1150–1151

Year 608 (DCVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 608 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

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Britain

Asia

Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang of Sui expressed the desire to control routes to the West, leading to two and a half centuries of Chinese military and trading activities in Central Asia.

By topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Essential Histories: Rome at War AD 293–696 (2002), Michael Whitby, p. 60. ISBN 1-84176-359-4
  2. Kaegi 2003, p. 41
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