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Decades:	570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s
Years:	598 599 600 601 602 603 604

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Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

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Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

601 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	601 DCI
Ab urbe condita	1354
Armenian calendar	50 ԹՎ Ծ
Bahá'í calendar	-1243 – -1242
Buddhist calendar	1145
Chinese calendar	3237/3297-11-22 (庚申年十一月廿二日) — to — 3238/3298-12-2 (辛酉年十二月初二日)
Ethiopian calendar	593 – 594
Hebrew calendar	4361 – 4362
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	656 – 657
- Shaka Samvat	523 – 524
- Kali Yuga	3702 – 3703
Holocene calendar	10601
Iranian calendar	21 BP – 20 BP
Islamic calendar	22 BH – 21 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 1261 (皇紀1261年)
- Jōmon Era	10601
Julian calendar	646
Korean calendar	2934
Thai solar calendar	1144
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[edit] Events

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[edit] Europe

• Liuva II succeeds his brother Reccared as King of the Visigoths.

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[edit] Arts and Sciences

• The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of Ethelbert.^{[citation needed]}
• The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.
• CCIR 601 / Serial Digital Interface used for D1 (Sony) and other Video standards.

[edit] Religion

• The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work.

[edit] Births

• Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy

[edit] Deaths

• Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales.
• Reccared King of the Visigoths.