Events

By Place

Europe

• Clotaire II reunites the Frankish kingdoms by ordering the murder of Sigebert II. 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 This article is about the year 610. Events By Place Byzantine Empire October 4 — Heraclius arrives 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 The Palace of Diocletian is damaged by the Avars who sack nearby Salona. Events By Place Europe The Edict of Paris grants extensive rights to the Frankish nobility Events By Place Europe Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent. 612 state leaders - Events of 613 - 614 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Africa America Asia 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 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 Chlothar II (or Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair; 584 &ndash 629 called The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group See Sigeberht II of Essex for the Saxon ruler by that name Sigebert II (601-613 was king of Burgundy and Austrasia (613
• Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the Welsh and their allies at Chester. Æthelfrith (died c 616 was King of Bernicia from c 593 until c Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040

Asia

• Shahrbaraz of Persia captures Damascus. Shahrbaraz (or Shahrwaraz) (died June 9, 630) was a general with the rank of Eran Spahbod ( Commander of the Army of Iran) under Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria.
• Isanapura becomes the capital of the Cambodian kingdom of Chenla. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Chenla ( Khmer: ចេនឡា known as Zhenla ( 真[[wikt 腊|腊]] in Chinese and Chân Lạp in Vietnamese, was an

By Topic

Religion

• The Abbey of St. Gall is founded. The Abbey of St Gall (Sankt Gallen was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine Abbeys in Europe
• Muhammad begins preaching Islam in public. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation.

Births

Deaths

• Brunhilda, Queen of Austrasia
• Theuderic II, king of Austrasia
• Sigebert II, king of Austrasia
• Bledric ap Custennin, king of Dumnonia
• Yang Xuangan

Marriages

• Heraclius, Byzantine Emperor (to his own niece, Martina)