605

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	580s 590s 600s 610s 620s
Years:	602 603 604 605 606 607 608

605 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	605 DCV
Ab urbe condita	1358
Armenian calendar	54 ԹՎ ԾԴ
Assyrian calendar	5355
Balinese saka calendar	526–527
Bengali calendar	12
Berber calendar	1555
Buddhist calendar	1149
Burmese calendar	−33
Byzantine calendar	6113–6114
Chinese calendar	GiápNăm (WoodRat) 3302 or 3095 — to — Ất xấu năm (WoodOx) 3303 or 3096
Coptic calendar	321–322
Discordian calendar	1771
Ethiopian calendar	597–598
Hebrew calendar	4365–4366
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	661–662
-Shaka Samvat	526–527
-Kali Yuga	3705–3706
Holocene calendar	10605
Iranian calendar	17 BP – 16 BP
Islamic calendar	18 BH – 17 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Javanese calendar	494–495
Julian calendar	605 DCV
Korean calendar	2938
Minguo calendar	1307 beforeROC Dân trước 1307 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−863
Seleucid era	916/917AG
Thai solar calendar	1147–1148
Tibetan calendar	Dương mộc chuột năm (male Wood-Rat) 731 or 350 or −422 — to — Âm mộc ngưu năm (female Wood-Ox) 732 or 351 or −421

Year605(DCV) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 605 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• EmperorPhocasrecognizesAgilulfas king of theLombards,and signs apeace treaty.He pays atributeand cedesOrvieto(Central Italy), among other towns. TheByzantine armyis withdrawn from theBalkan Peninsula.
• Phocas hasConstantina,empress consort ofMaurice,and her three daughters arrested. He accuses her ofconspiracy,and has them executed atChalcedon(Bithynia).

Britain

• KingÆthelfrithannexes the neighboring kingdom ofDeira(Northern England). The region between theForthandHumberrivers will hereafter be known asNorthumbria,the most powerful of theAnglo-Saxonkingdoms.

Persia

• As a result of a quarrel between theLakhmids(SouthernIraq) and KingKhosrau II,thePersianfrontier withArabiais no longer guarded (approximate date).

Asia

• EmperorYángdiorders the capital to be transferred fromChang'antoLuoyang.He begins the construction of theGrand Canal,that will link existingwaterwaysto the new Chinese capital; it will be built by a millionlaborers.
• Yángdi introduces animperial examination,designed to select the best administrative officials (after they receive thejinshi) for the state; this begins a longbureaucratictradition ofscholar-officialdominChina.
• TheZhaozhou Bridgeis completed under theSui dynasty,the earliest known fully stone open-spandrel segmentalarch bridgein the world (although the earlier RomanTrajan's Bridgefeatured segmental arches).
• Amshuvarmabecomes king of theLicchaviinNepal.He is credited for openingtrade routestoTibet.His ruling period is known as the "Golden Period".

Mesoamerica

• Aj Ne' Yohl Matbecomes ruler (ajaw) of theMayacity ofPalenque(Mexico). During his reign his kingdom is invaded by people fromCalakmul.

Births

• Chlodulf,bishop of Metz
• Colmán,bishop ofLindisfarne(approximate date)
• Fatimah,daughter ofMuhammad(approximate date)
• Yang You,puppet emperor of theSui dynasty(d.619)
• Sisenand,king of theVisigoths(approximate date)
• Yang Tong,puppet emperor of the Sui dynasty (d. 619)

Deaths

• Alexander of Tralles,physician(approximate date)
• Brandub mac Echach,king ofUí Ceinnselaig(Ireland)
• Constantina,Byzantine empress (approximate date)
• Damian,Coptic OrthodoxPatriarch of Alexandria