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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Gregorian calendar | 620 DCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1373 |
| Armenian calendar | 69 ԹՎ ԿԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5370 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 541–542 |
| Bengali calendar | 27 |
| Berber calendar | 1570 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1164 |
| Burmese calendar | −18 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6128–6129 |
| Chinese calendar | Kỷ mãoNiên (EarthRabbit) 3317 or 3110 — to — Canh thần niên (MetalDragon) 3318 or 3111 |
| Coptic calendar | 336–337 |
| Discordian calendar | 1786 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 612–613 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4380–4381 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 676–677 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 541–542 |
| -Kali Yuga | 3720–3721 |
| Holocene calendar | 10620 |
| Iranian calendar | 2 BP – 1 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 2 BH – 1 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 510–511 |
| Julian calendar | 620 DCXX |
| Korean calendar | 2953 |
| Minguo calendar | 1292 beforeROC Dân tiền 1292 niên |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −848 |
| Seleucid era | 931/932AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1162–1163 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm thổ thỏ niên (female Earth-Rabbit) 746 or 365 or −407 — to — Dương kim long niên (male Iron-Dragon) 747 or 366 or −406 |
Year620(CXX) was aleap year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The designation 620 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- Byzantine–Sassanid War:KingKhosrau IIcapturesAncyra,an importantByzantinemilitary base in centralAnatolia.After the conquest ofEgyptandPalestine,he restores thePersian Empireas it existed in490 BCunderDarius I.
- TheSlavsinvade the area aroundThessaloniki,which is unsuccessfullybesieged.The city becomes a Byzantine enclave surrounded by Slavic territory. Urban life disappears and many towns in theBalkan Peninsulabecome villages.[1]
Britain
[edit]- TheAnglesunder KingEdwin of NorthumbriainvadeRheged("Old North") inNorthern England,and expel KingLlywarch Hen.He flees toPowys,and becomes a famousbard.Edwin's armies fight againstGododdinandStrathclyde.
Asia
[edit]- KingPulakeshin IIdefeats theHarshaarmy on the banks of theNarmada River.Harsha loses a major part of hiselephantforce and retreats. A truce establishes Narmada as the northern boundary of theChalukya Kingdom(India).
America
[edit]- The town ofCholulais founded in centralMexico(later said to be the oldest continuously occupied town in all ofNorth America).
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Weltenburg AbbeyinBavaria(Germany) is founded byBenedictinemonks.
- Isra and Mi'raj(Muhammad's ascension to heaven to meetGod).
Births
[edit]- Cedd,bishop of London(approximate date)
Deaths
[edit]- Basolus,Frankishmissionary(approximate date)
- Chuluo Khan,ruler of theEastern Turkic Khaganate
- Dorotheus of Gaza,monkandabbot(approximate date)
- Eleutherius,Byzantine exarch ofRavenna
- Imerius of Immertal,Swiss monk (approximate date)
- Khadija bint Khuwaylid,first wife ofMuhammad
- Mirin,Irish monk andmissionary(approximate date)
- Seanach Garbh,Irish abbot (approximate date)
- Shen Faxing,official of theSui dynasty
- Sisebut,king of theVisigoths(or621)
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Fine, John V. A. Jr.(1991) [1983].The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century.Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.ISBN0-472-08149-7.