609
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This article is about the year 609. For the number, see 609 (number). For other uses, see 609 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 570s 580s 590s – 600s – 610s 620s 630s |
| Years: | 606 607 608 – 609 – 610 611 612 |
| 609 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 609 DCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1362 |
| Armenian calendar | 58 ԹՎ ԾԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5359 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1235–-1234 |
| Bengali calendar | 16 |
| Berber calendar | 1559 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1153 |
| Burmese calendar | -29 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6117–6118 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年十一月二十日 (3245/3305-11-20) — to —
己巳年十一月三十日(3246/3306-11-30) |
| Coptic calendar | 325–326 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 601–602 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4369–4370 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 665–666 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 531–532 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3710–3711 |
| Holocene calendar | 10609 |
| Iranian calendar | 13 BP – 12 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 13 BH – 12 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2942 |
| Minguo calendar | 1303 before ROC 民前1303年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1152 |
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Year 609 (DCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 609 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- Edessa is taken by the Sassanids.
- The tax census of the Sui Dynasty government in China records roughly 9 million registered households in the empire, a population size of roughly 50 million people.
- After the completion of the Grand Canal of China, Emperor Yang of Sui led a recorded 105 km (65 mi) long naval flotilla of ships from the north down to his southern capital at Yangzhou.
- Shibi Khan becomes the khagan in the Eastern Turkish Empire
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- The Pantheon is consecrated to the Virgin Mary and all saints by Pope Boniface IV (or 610).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Empress Yang Lihua
- Zuhayr, Arab poet (approximate date)
