612

Year 612 (DCXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 612 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:
612 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar612
DCXII
Ab urbe condita1365
Armenian calendar61
ԹՎ ԿԱ
Assyrian calendar5362
Balinese saka calendar533–534
Bengali calendar19
Berber calendar1562
Buddhist calendar1156
Burmese calendar−26
Byzantine calendar6120–6121
Chinese calendar辛未年 (Metal Goat)
3308 or 3248
     to 
壬申年 (Water Monkey)
3309 or 3249
Coptic calendar328–329
Discordian calendar1778
Ethiopian calendar604–605
Hebrew calendar4372–4373
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat668–669
 - Shaka Samvat533–534
 - Kali Yuga3712–3713
Holocene calendar10612
Iranian calendar10 BP – 9 BP
Islamic calendar10 BH – 9 BH
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar502–503
Julian calendar612
DCXII
Korean calendar2945
Minguo calendar1300 before ROC
民前1300年
Nanakshahi calendar−856
Seleucid era923/924 AG
Thai solar calendar1154–1155
Tibetan calendar阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
738 or 357 or −415
     to 
阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
739 or 358 or −414

Events

Byzantine Empire

Europe

  • King Theudebert II is defeated by his brother Theuderic II at Toul (northeastern France). He is captured in battle and, after having his royal paraphernalia taken, is handed over to his grandmother Brunhilda. He is put in a monastery, and assassinated with his son Merovech. Theuderic, age 25, becomes sole ruler of Austrasia and Burgundy.
  • Sisebut succeeds Gundemar as king of the Visigoths. He begins a campaign against the remains of Byzantine power in Spania.[1]

Asia

  • Goguryeo–Sui War: Emperor Yángdi invades Goguryeo (Korea) with an expeditionary force of over one million men, named the "24 Armies".[2]
  • Battle of Salsu: A Sui force of 305,000 men is defeated by the Korean general Eulji Mundeok at the Yalu River; only 2,700 troops survive.[3]

Mesoamerica

Religion

  • Columbanus moves to Italy and establishes the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date).
  • The Holy Sponge is brought to Constantinople from Palestine.
  • Arnulf, counselor of Theudebert II, becomes bishop of Metz.
  • Gallus founds the monastery of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Births

  • May 3 Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
  • Aisha, wife of Muhammad (d. 678)
  • Germanus of Granfelden, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
  • K'ak' Chan Yopaat, king (ajaw) of Copán (approximate date)
Stela of K'ak' Chan Yopaat

Deaths

  • c. February–March Gundemar, king of the Visigoths
  • March 6 Janaab' Pakal, king of Palenque
  • August 13 Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress consort
  • Áed Uaridnach, High King of Ireland
  • Aj Ne' Yohl Mat, king of Palenque
  • Conall Laeg Breg, king of Brega (Ireland)
  • Theudebert II, king of Austrasia (b. 586)

References

  1. Roger Collins, "Visigothic Spain 409–711", (Blackwell Publishing, 2004), p. 75
  2. "KBS World". Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  3. "Association for Asia Research- The forgotten glory of Koguryo". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
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