Information about 600
This article is about the year 600. For other uses, see 600 (number).
| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s |
| Years: | 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 |
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| Gregorian calendar | BC DC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1353 |
| Armenian calendar | 49 ԹՎ ԽԹ |
| Bah' calendar | -1244 – -1243 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1144 |
| Chinese calendar | 3236/3296-8-7 (己未年八月初七日) — to — 3237/3297-6-17(庚申年六月十七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 316 – 317 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 592 – 593 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4360 – 4361 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 655 – 656 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 522 – 523 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3701 – 3702 |
| Holocene calendar | 10600 |
| Iranian calendar | 22 BP – 21 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 22 BH – 21 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1260 (皇紀1260年) |
| Julian calendar | 645 |
| Korean calendar | 2933 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1143 |
Events
By Place
World
- The population of the Earth rises to about 208 million people.
Europe
- Smallpox arrives in Europe for the first time.
- King Ingvar of Sweden invades Estonia but is killed by the locals.
- Juchau Anglo-Saxon tribesmen on south-eastern coast of England
Asia
- The Persians begin to use windmills for irrigation.
- Chaturanga is played in its current form in India.
The Americas
- Loma Caldera in El Salvador erupts, burying the Maya village, Joya de Cerén.
- The Hopewell culture of North America ceases to be the dominant culture.
- The Aztec city of Teotihuacán begins to grow unstable, as they exhaust their resources until their inevitable collapse (possibly caused by the Toltec) circa 700 AD.
By Topic
Arts and Sciences
- The moldboard plow is invented in eastern Europe.
- The earliest references to chess found in the Persian work Karnamak-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan, and the Indian works of Subandhu's Vasavadatta and Banabhatta's ''Harsha Charitha
Religion
- Pope Gregory I codifies what comes to be known as Gregorian chant.
- Construction on the monastery of St. Catherine is begun on Mount Sinai.
- Irish missionaries preach in Scotland and Germany.
- Chinese-influenced sculptures of Buddha begin to be created in Japan.
- Sumatra, Java, and the surrounding islands are converted to Buddhism.
- Augustine of Canterbury converts Ethelbert of Kent to Christianity (approximate date).
- Nubian rulers become Christian (approximate date).
Births
- Ali Ben Abu Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam
- Candrakirti, Indian Madhyamaka Philosopher
Deaths
- Venance Fortunat, bishop of Poitiers, one of the last representatives of Classical Latin poetry
- King Beop of Baekje, king of the Baekje Kingdom of Korea
600 (six hundred) is the natural number following five hundred and ninety-nine and preceding six hundred and one. It is a pronic number and a Harshad number.
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- Upper Paleolithic
- 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
- 7th millennium BC | 6th millennium BC | 5th millennium BC
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The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini, the year of our Lord.
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The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. This century is widely considered to mark the end of Classical Antiquity and the beginning of the Dark Ages.
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The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.
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During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century
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Events and Trends
- Birth of Muhammad, prophet of Islam
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Events and Trends
- 590, Pope Gregory I succeeds Pope Pelagius II as the 64th pope.
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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century
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Events and Trends
- World population grows to about 208 million.
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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century
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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century
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- 627 — The Roman-Persian Wars end.
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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century
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Twenty-first century
- 2100 - 2099 - 2098 - 2097 - 2096 - 2095 - 2094 - 2093 - 2092 - 2091
- 2090 - 2089 - 2088 - 2087 - 2086 - 2085 - 2084 - 2083 - 2082 - 2081
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6th century · 7th century
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- Mayas - Yohl Iknal, Ruler of Palenque (583-604)
Asia
- Chalukyas - Mangalesa, Chalukya ruler (597-609)
- China (Sui Dynasty) - Wendi, Emperor of China (581-617)
- Japan (Asuka Period) - Suiko, Empress of Japan (593-628)
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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Ab Urbe condita (literally, "from the city, having been founded") is a monumental history of Rome, from its legendary founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). The book was written by Titus Livius (around 59 BC–AD 17).
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Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. It begins in AD 552 as the start of the Armenian era.
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Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sri Lanka in several related forms. It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days, with an intercalated day and a 30-day
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Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, the Gregorian calendar is used for most day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional Chinese holidays such
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy
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Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer), also called the
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