606
606
Calendar year
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.
This article is about the year 606. For other uses, see 606 (disambiguation).
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Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 606 DCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1359 |
| Armenian calendar | 55 ԹՎ ԾԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5356 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 527–528 |
| Bengali calendar | 13 |
| Berber calendar | 1556 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1150 |
| Burmese calendar | −32 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6114–6115 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3303 or 3096 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3304 or 3097 |
| Coptic calendar | 322–323 |
| Discordian calendar | 1772 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 598–599 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4366–4367 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 662–663 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 527–528 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3706–3707 |
| Holocene calendar | 10606 |
| Iranian calendar | 16 BP – 15 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 17 BH – 16 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 495–496 |
| Julian calendar | 606 DCVI |
| Korean calendar | 2939 |
| Minguo calendar | 1306 before ROC 民前1306年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −862 |
| Seleucid era | 917/918 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1148–1149 |
| 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 |
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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
- Cearl succeeds Pybba as king of Mercia (English Midlands).
Asia
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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).
- Hafsa bint Umar, daughter of Umar and wife of Muhammad
- Han Yuan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 659)
- February 22 – Pope Sabinian
- Colmán of Cloyne, Irish monk and poet
- Cyriacus II, patriarch of Constantinople
- Jianzhi Sengcan, patriarch of Chán
- John Climacus, monk and writer
- Paterius, bishop of Brescia (Italy)
- Protadius, Mayor of the Palace (Burgundy)
- Pybba, king of Mercia (approximate date)
- Yang Su, general of the Sui Dynasty
- Yang Zhao, prince of the Sui Dynasty (b. 584)
- "Harsha | Indian emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 16, 2021.