605
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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605 by topic |
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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
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- 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 TheByzantine armyis withdrawn from theBalkan Peninsula.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
[edit]- KingÆthelfrithannexes the neighboring kingdom ofDeira(Northern England). The region between theForthandHumberrivers will hereafter be known asNorthumbria,the most powerful of theAnglo-Saxonkingdoms.
Persia
[edit]- As a result of a quarrel between theLakhmids(SouthernIraq) and KingKhosrau II,thePersianfrontier withArabiais no longer guarded (approximate date).
Asia
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Aj Ne' Yohl Matbecomes ruler (ajaw) of theMayacity ofPalenque(Mexico). During his reign his kingdom is invaded by people fromCalakmul.[1][2]
Births
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Alexander of Tralles,physician(approximate date)
- Brandub mac Echach,king ofUí Ceinnselaig(Ireland)
- Constantina,Byzantine empress (approximate date)
- Damian,Coptic OrthodoxPatriarch of Alexandria
References
[edit]- ^"Ajen Yohl Mat".Archived fromthe originalon August 11, 2014.RetrievedMarch 12,2013.
- ^"Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens" bySimon MartinandNikolai Grube