610

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	590s 600s 610s 620s 630s
Years:	607 608 609 610 611 612 613

610 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	610 DCX
Ab urbe condita	1363
Armenian calendar	59 ԹՎ ԾԹ
Assyrian calendar	5360
Balinese saka calendar	531–532
Bengali calendar	17
Berber calendar	1560
Buddhist calendar	1154
Burmese calendar	−28
Byzantine calendar	6118–6119
Chinese calendar	Kỷ TịNăm (EarthSnake) 3307 or 3100 — to — Canh ngọ năm (MetalHorse) 3308 or 3101
Coptic calendar	326–327
Discordian calendar	1776
Ethiopian calendar	602–603
Hebrew calendar	4370–4371
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	666–667
-Shaka Samvat	531–532
-Kali Yuga	3710–3711
Holocene calendar	10610
Iranian calendar	12 BP – 11 BP
Islamic calendar	12 BH – 11 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Javanese calendar	499–501
Julian calendar	610 DCX
Korean calendar	2943
Minguo calendar	1302 beforeROC Dân trước 1302 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−858
Seleucid era	921/922AG
Thai solar calendar	1152–1153
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ xà năm (female Earth-Snake) 736 or 355 or −417 — to — Dương kim mã năm (male Iron-Horse) 737 or 356 or −416

EmperorHeraclius(610–641)

Year610(DCX) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar,the 610th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 610th year of the1st millennium,the 10th year of the7th century,and the 1st year of the610sdecade. The denomination 610 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

• October 4–Heraclian revolt:Heracliusarrives with a fleet fromAfricaatConstantinople.Assisted by anuprisingin the capital, he overthrows and personally beheads EmperorPhocas.Heraclius gains thethronewith help from his fatherHeraclius the Elder.His first major act is to change the official language of theEastern Roman EmpirefromLatintoGreek(already the language of the vast majority of the population). Because of this, after AD 610, the Empire is customarily referred to as theByzantine Empire(the term Byzantine is a modern term invented by historians in the 18th century; the people of the Empire itself always referred to themselves as "Ρωμαῖος" — tr.Rōmaios,Roman).

Europe

• TheAvarsinvade theDuchy of Friuli,an important buffer between theKingdom of the Lombardsin Italy and theSlavs.During the fightingGisulf IIdies and his duchy is overrun (approximate date).
• KingWittericis assassinated during abanquetatToledo,by a faction ofCatholicnobles. He is succeeded byGundemar,duke ofNarbonne,who becomes king of theVisigothsinHispania.
• KingTheuderic IIlosesAlsace,ChampagneandThurgauto his elder brotherTheudebert IIofAustrasia.HisBurgundianarmy is defeated east of theJura Mountainsagainst theAlemanni.
• TheVolga Bulgariaarises on the territory of modern Russia, being the first civilization in the region to arise from theEarly Slavs(approximate date).

Britain

• Selyf ap Cynansucceeds his fatherCynan Garwynas king ofPowys(Wales).

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Papertechnology is imported into Japan from China by the Korean Buddhist priest,Dam Jing(approximate date).

Religion

• Muhammad,Islamic prophet, begins at 40 years old to preach a religion which will be calledIslam.According to Islamic teachings, the angelGabrielappears to him in a cave onMount HiranearMecca(Saudi Arabia) and calls him: "TheProphet of Allah".Muhammad gathers followers, reciting to them the first verses of Qur'an(Iqra), thus beginning therevelationof theQur'an.
• Pope Boniface IVpresides over a Council of Rome for the restoration ofmonasticdiscipline. Attendees includeMellitus,firstbishop of London.
• ColumbanusandGallusbegin theirmissionarywork inBregenz,nearLake Constance(Switzerland).
• John V(the Merciful) becomespatriarch of Alexandria(approximate date).

Births

• Anania Shirakatsi,Armenianastronomer(d.685)
• Barbatus,bishop ofBenevento(approximate date)
• Ergica,king of theVisigoths(approximate date)
• Grimoald, King of the Lombards(approximate date)
• Lai Ji,official of theTang dynasty(d.662)
• Nanthild,Frankish queen (approximate date)
• Safiyya bint Huyayy,wife ofMuhammad(approximate date)

Deaths

• October 5–Phocas,Byzantine emperor
• Gisulf II,Lombard duke ofFriuli(approximate date)
• Heraclius the Elder,Byzantine general
• Tassilo I, King of Bavaria(b.560)
• Waraka ibn Nawfal,the paternal first cousin of Khadija, the first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• Witteric,king of the Visigoths