This article is about the year 610.

Events

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Byzantine Empire

• October 4 — Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends The Sui Dynasty unites China for the first time since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty in 311. Events and Trends 590, Pope Gregory I succeeds Pope Pelagius II as the 64th pope Events and Trends 610, Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas Events and Trends 627 — The Roman-Persian Wars end 622 — Year one of the Islamic calendar begins during which Events and Trends 630 — Serbs and Croats settle the Balkans in the provinces of Moesia, Pannonia and Events and Trends 640 — Occupation of Egypt and Syria by followers of Muhammad 642 — Conquest This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By Place Europe Ceolwulf of Wessex fights the South Saxons. Events By Place Europe Eochaid Buide succeeds Áedán mac Gabráin as king of Dál Riata. Events By Place Asia Edessa is taken by the Sassanids. The tax Census of the Sui Dynasty For the telephone number 611 see 6-1-1. Births Deaths Ceolwulf of Wessex Map-bms611 Events By Place Europe Sisebut succeeds Gundemar as king of the Visigoths. Events By Place Europe Clotaire II reunites the Frankish kingdoms by ordering the murder of Sigebert II. 609 state leaders - Events of 610 - 611 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Africa America Mayas The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān Intercalation is the insertion of a leap day week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Heraclius, or Herakleios (Flavius Heraclius Augustus;) (c 575 - February 11, 641) was a Byzantine Emperor, who ruled the East Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians Flavius Phocas Augustus, (el Φωκάς Phokas; reigned 602–610 called the Tyrant, usurped the Byzantine throne from the Emperor Maurice 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). Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Medieval Greek (Μεσαιωνική Ελληνική is a linguistic term that describes the fourth period in the history of the Greek language. 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). The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system

Europe

• The Avars try to invade Italy. The Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• Gundemar succeeds Witteric as king of the Visigoths. Gundemar was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) (610-612 Witteric (in Spanish Witerico, in Portuguese Viterico) was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East
• The Serbs begin to settle in the Balkans. Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia,

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

• Paper technology is imported into Japan from China by the Korean Buddhist priest, Dam Jing. Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon printing upon or packaging For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

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). For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Gabriel ( Latin: Gabrielus; Greek:, Gabriēl; Arabic: جبريل Jibrīl or جبرائيل IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Sura (sometimes spelt "Surah" ar سورة, plural "Suwar" ar سور is an Arabic term literally meaning "something enclosed or surrounded Sūrat al-‘Alaq ( ar العلق "The Clot" is the 96th Sura or chapter of the Qur'an. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran
• St. Columbanus and St. Gall begin missionary work in Bregenz. Not to be confused with St Columba, also Irish and partly his contemporary Saint Gall, Gallen, or Gallus (c 550 - c 646 was an Irish disciple and one of the traditionally twelve companions of Saint Columbanus A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria.
• St. John the Merciful becomes Patriarch of Alexandria. Saint John the Merciful (also known as John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John V of Alexandria, John Eleymon, and Johannes Eleemon The Patriarch of Alexandria is the Archbishop of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt.

Births

• Lai Ji

Deaths

• Phocas, Byzantine emperor (by mob)
• Witteric, king of the Visigoths
• Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Cousin of Muhammad and first to declare him a prophet