623

Year 623 (DCXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 623 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:
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623 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar623
DCXXIII
Ab urbe condita1376
Armenian calendar72
ԹՎ ՀԲ
Assyrian calendar5373
Balinese saka calendar544–545
Bengali calendar30
Berber calendar1573
Buddhist calendar1167
Burmese calendar−15
Byzantine calendar6131–6132
Chinese calendar壬午年 (Water Horse)
3319 or 3259
     to 
癸未年 (Water Goat)
3320 or 3260
Coptic calendar339–340
Discordian calendar1789
Ethiopian calendar615–616
Hebrew calendar4383–4384
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat679–680
 - Shaka Samvat544–545
 - Kali Yuga3723–3724
Holocene calendar10623
Iranian calendar1–2
Islamic calendar1–2
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar513–514
Julian calendar623
DCXXIII
Korean calendar2956
Minguo calendar1289 before ROC
民前1289年
Nanakshahi calendar−845
Seleucid era934/935 AG
Thai solar calendar1165–1166
Tibetan calendar阳水马年
(male Water-Horse)
749 or 368 or −404
     to 
阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
750 or 369 or −403
Borders of Slav territories under Samo's rule

Events

Byzantine Empire

Europe

  • King Clothar II gives Austrasia to his son Dagobert I, age 20, effectively granting the kingdom semi-autonomy in repayment for the support of its nobles, most notably Pepin of Landen (Mayor of the Palace), and in recognition of calls from the Austrasians for a king of their own. Arnulf, bishop of Metz, becomes advisor to Dagobert.
  • Samo, reputedly a Frankish merchant, is elected king of the Slavs in Moravia, Slovakia and Lower Austria. A string of victories over the Avars proves his utilitas (usefulness) to his subjects, and he secures the throne to establish his own kingdom, which stretches from the upper Elbe to the Danube.[2]

Asia

  • Tuyuhun invasion of Gansu: Tang forces under Chai Shao defeat the Tuyuhun, and prevent further incursions into Gansu (China).

Art

Religion

Births

Deaths

  • Jizang, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 549)
  • Liu Heita, rebel leader during the Tang Dynasty
  • Lupus of Sens, French bishop (approximate date)
  • Pingyang, princess of the Tang Dynasty (b. 598)
  • Su Wei, high official of the Sui Dynasty (b. 542)
  • Xu Yuanlang, rebel leader during the Sui Dynasty

References

  1. Rome at War (AD 293–696), p. 61. Michael Whitby, 2002. ISBN 1-84176-359-4
  2. Fine 1991, p. 43.

Sources

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