601

This article is about the year 601. For other uses, see 601 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	580s 590s 600s 610s 620s
Years:	598 599 600 601 602 603 604

601 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	601 DCI
Ab urbe condita	1354
Armenian calendar	50 ԹՎ Ծ
Assyrian calendar	5351
Balinese saka calendar	522–523
Bengali calendar	8
Berber calendar	1551
Buddhist calendar	1145
Burmese calendar	−37
Byzantine calendar	6109–6110
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3298 or 3091     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3299 or 3092
Coptic calendar	317–318
Discordian calendar	1767
Ethiopian calendar	593–594
Hebrew calendar	4361–4362
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	657–658
- Shaka Samvat	522–523
- Kali Yuga	3701–3702
Holocene calendar	10601
Iranian calendar	21 BP – 20 BP
Islamic calendar	22 BH – 21 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Javanese calendar	490–491
Julian calendar	601 DCI
Korean calendar	2934
Minguo calendar	1311 before ROC 民前1311年
Nanakshahi calendar	−867
Seleucid era	912/913 AG
Thai solar calendar	1143–1144
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 727 or 346 or −426     — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 728 or 347 or −425

King Liuva II (583–603)

Year 601 (DCI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 601 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

• Balkan Campaign: A Byzantine army under command of Peter, brother of Emperor Maurice, crosses the Danube and advances to the Tisza River, where it defeats the Avars.

Europe

• The Franks, Merovingians and Carolingians successively control most of Europe, while strong feudal lords rise in power to gain the allegiance of the people.
• The Lombards under King Agilulf expand into Northern Italy, establishing a settlement with the Franks and maintaining intermittent relationships with Rome.
• Liuva II, age 18, succeeds his father Reccared I as king of the Visigoths. Reccared dies a natural death at the capital in Toledo after a 15-year reign.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.

Agriculture

• Food production increases in northern and Western Europe as a result of agricultural technology introduced by the Slavs, who employ a lightweight plow with a knife blade (coulter), that cuts deep into the soil at grassroots level, together with a shaped board, or "moldboard", that moves the cut soil to one side.

Religion

• The future Archbishops of Canterbury (Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius), and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work. Gregory writes the decretal Libellus responsionum to Augustine.

Births

• September 13 – Ali, central figure in Shia Islam (d. 661)
• Hongren, Chán (Buddhist) patriarch of the Tang dynasty (d. 674)
• Ma Zhou, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 648)
• Sigebert II, king of Austrasia and Burgundy (d. 613)
• Zhangsun, empress of the Tang dynasty (d. 636)

Deaths

• March 13 or 600 – Leander, bishop of Seville
• Agilulf, bishop of Metz
• Reccared I, king of the Visigoths (b. 559)
• Bertha of Kent, Frankish-born Anglo-Saxon queen consort, canonized (b. c.565) (approximate date)
• Sophia, Byzantine Empress consort (approximate date)