606

This article is about the year 606. For other uses, see 606 (disambiguation).

Year 606 (DCVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 606 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	580s 590s 600s 610s 620s
Years:	603 604 605 606 607 608 609

606 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	606 DCVI
Ab urbe condita	1359
Armenian calendar	55 ԹՎ ԾԵ
Assyrian calendar	5356
Balinese saka calendar	527–528
Bengali calendar	13
Berber calendar	1556
Buddhist calendar	1150
Burmese calendar	−32
Byzantine calendar	6114–6115
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3303 or 3096     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3304 or 3097
Coptic calendar	322–323
Discordian calendar	1772
Ethiopian calendar	598–599
Hebrew calendar	4366–4367
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	662–663
- Shaka Samvat	527–528
- Kali Yuga	3706–3707
Holocene calendar	10606
Iranian calendar	16 BP – 15 BP
Islamic calendar	17 BH – 16 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Javanese calendar	495–496
Julian calendar	606 DCVI
Korean calendar	2939
Minguo calendar	1306 before ROC 民前1306年
Nanakshahi calendar	−862
Seleucid era	917/918 AG
Thai solar calendar	1148–1149
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 732 or 351 or −421     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 733 or 352 or −420

The Empire of Harsha in India (7th century)

Events

By place

Europe

• Queen Brunhilda pressures her grandson Theuderic II to go to war against his brother, Theudebert II of Austrasia. She puts Protadius, Mayor of the Palace, in charge of the Burgundian army. At the palace of Quierzy (Picardy), Theuderic assembles his army. The soldiers under Uncelen, Duke of Alemannia, refuse to fight against their countrymen, and declare that the king orders Protadius' death. He is killed by the Frankish warriors, and Theuderic is forced to sign a peace treaty.

Britain

• Cearl succeeds Pybba as king of Mercia (English Midlands).

Asia

• King Harsha of Thanesar establishes a northern Indian Empire, and unites the small monarchical states, from Punjab to the Indus Valley (modern Pakistan).
• Shashanka is the first recorded independent king of Bengal. He establishes his capital in modern-day Murshidabad (approximate date).

By topic

Religion

• February 22 – Sabinian dies at Rome after a two-year reign, and will not be replaced until 607.
• The diocese of Aquileia becomes a patriarchate (approximate date).

Births

• Hafsa bint Umar, daughter of Umar and wife of Muhammad
• Han Yuan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 659)

Deaths

• February 22 – Pope Sabinian
• Colmán of Cloyne, Irish monk and poet
• Cyriacus II, patriarch of Constantinople
• Jianzhi Sengcan, patriarch of Chán
• John Climacus, monk and writer
• Paterius, bishop of Brescia (Italy)
• Protadius, Mayor of the Palace (Burgundy)
• Pybba, king of Mercia (approximate date)
• Yang Su, general of the Sui dynasty
• Yang Zhao, prince of the Sui dynasty (b. 584)