610s

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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 6th century7th century8th century
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Years: 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619
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610s: events by year

Contents: 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619

610

By place

Byzantine Empire

  • October 4Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the East Roman Empire from Latin to Greek (already the language of the vast majority of the population). Because of this, after AD 610 the East Roman Empire is customarily referred to as the Byzantine Empire (the term Byzantine is a modern term invented by historians in the 18th century; the people of the Empire itself always referred to themselves as "Ρωμιούς" – in English, Romious).

Europe

By topic

Arts and sciences

  • Paper technology is imported into Japan from China by the Korean Buddhist priest, Dam Jing.

Religion

612

By place

Europe

Asia

America

By topic

Religion

613

By place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

By topic

Religion

614

By place

Europe

Asia

By topic

Religion

615

By place

Europe

Asia

America

By topic

Religion

616

By place

Europe

Africa

Asia

By topic

Religion

617

By place

Europe

Asia

618

By place

Asia

619

By place

Byzantine Empire

Asia

By topic

Arts and sciences

  • The calculation of the Chinese calendar begins to use true motions of the sun and moon modeled using two offset opposing parabolas.
  • The Chinese begin using large orchestras.

Religion

Significant people

Births

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