624

This article is about the year 624. For the number (and other uses), see 624 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	590s  600s  610s  – 620s –  630s  640s  650s
Years:	621 622 623 – 624 – 625 626 627

624 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

624 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	624 DCXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1377
Armenian calendar	73 ԹՎ ՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	5374
Bahá'í calendar	-1220–-1219
Bengali calendar	31
Berber calendar	1574
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1168
Burmese calendar	-14
Byzantine calendar	6132–6133
Chinese calendar	癸未年十二月初六日 (3260/3320-12-6) — to — 甲申年十一月十六日 (3261/3321-11-16)
Coptic calendar	340–341
Ethiopian calendar	616–617
Hebrew calendar	4384–4385
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	680–681
- Shaka Samvat	546–547
- Kali Yuga	3725–3726
Holocene calendar	10624
Iranian calendar	2–3
Islamic calendar	2–3
Japanese calendar
Julian calendar	624    DCXXIV
Korean calendar	2957
Minguo calendar	1288 before ROC 民前1288年
Thai solar calendar	1167

Year 624 (DCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 624 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.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• After 70 years of Byzantine rule, the Visigoths recapture Andalusia.

By topic

Religion

• March 17 – The Battle of Badr is fought: Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in Badr, present-day Saudi Arabia.
• Justus becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.

Births

• February 17 – Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou Dynasty of China (d. 705)

Deaths

• April 24 – Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Du Fuwei
• Fu Gongshi
• Gao Kaidao
• Raedwald of East Anglia