606

Year 606 (DCVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 606 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
606 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar606
DCVI
Ab urbe condita1359
Armenian calendar55
ԹՎ ԾԵ
Assyrian calendar5356
Balinese saka calendar527–528
Bengali calendar13
Berber calendar1556
Buddhist calendar1150
Burmese calendar−32
Byzantine calendar6114–6115
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
3302 or 3242
     to 
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
3303 or 3243
Coptic calendar322–323
Discordian calendar1772
Ethiopian calendar598–599
Hebrew calendar4366–4367
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat662–663
 - Shaka Samvat527–528
 - Kali Yuga3706–3707
Holocene calendar10606
Iranian calendar16 BP – 15 BP
Islamic calendar17 BH – 16 BH
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar495–496
Julian calendar606
DCVI
Korean calendar2939
Minguo calendar1306 before ROC
民前1306年
Nanakshahi calendar−862
Seleucid era917/918 AG
Thai solar calendar1148–1149
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
732 or 351 or −421
     to 
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
733 or 352 or −420
The Empire of Harsha in India (7th century)

Events

Europe

  • Queen Brunhilda pressures her grandson Theuderic II to go to war against his brother, Theudebert II of Austrasia. She puts Protadius, Mayor of the Palace, in charge of the Burgundian army. At the palace of Quierzy (Picardy), Theuderic assembles his army. The soldiers under Uncelen, Duke of Alemannia, refuse to fight against their countrymen, and declare that the king orders Protadius' death. He is killed by the Frankish warriors, and Theuderic is forced to sign a peace treaty.

Britain

Asia

  • King Harsha of Thanesar establishes a northern Indian Empire, and unites the small monarchical states, from Punjab to the Indus Valley (modern Pakistan).[1]
  • Shashanka is the first recorded independent king of Bengal. He establishes his capital in modern-day Murshidabad (approximate date).

Religion

  • February 22 Sabinian dies at Rome after a two-year reign, and will not be replaced until 607.
  • The diocese of Aquileia becomes a patriarchate (approximate date).

Births

  • Hafsa bint Umar, daughter of Umar and wife of Muhammad
  • Han Yuan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 659)

Deaths

References

  1. "Harsha | Indian emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
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