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Calendar overview 604
Map with all linked sites: | 604 | |
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 on Sui Wendi as Emperor of China. |
 dies. Sabinianus is his successor . |
| 604 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 52/53 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 596/597 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1147/48 (southern Buddhism); 1146/47 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 54./55. (55./56.) Cycle
Year of the Wood Rat甲子 ( at the beginning of the year Water Pig 癸亥) |
| Jewish calendar | 4364/65 (August 30/31) |
| Coptic calendar | 320/321 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCLVII (1357)
Diocletian's era : 320/321 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 914/915 (April)
Syria: 915/916 (October) |
| Spanish era | 642 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 660/661 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Franconian Empire
- November 11th : Merovingian fratricidal war : The neustrian army of the Hausmeier Landerich can enclose the Burgundian troops of Hausmeier Bertoald in Orléans . At first there is no decision, Bertoald is killed on Christmas Day. Austrasia under Theudebert II keeps out of the conflict, which documents Theuderich's beginning alienation from Theudebert.
- December 24th : Battle of Stampae: Theuderich II's army from Burgundy defeats the Neustrians under Chlothar II and then enters Paris .
Britain
- Sæberht succeeds Sledda as King of Essex . King Æthelberht I of Kent, Sæberht's uncle, can win him over to Christianity. Foundation of the dioceses of London and Rochester .
- With the conquest of Deira, Æthelfrith , King of Bernicia, united both kingdoms to form Northumbria ("land north of the Humber "), which in the 7th century became a hegemonic power within the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy . The previous king of Deira, Æthelric , is killed, the heir to the throne Edwin flees to King Iago of Gwynedd .
Japan
- Beginning of the transformation of Japan into a vassal monarchy ; Creation of the title Tennō .
- In his 17-article constitution (憲法 十七 verbindet Kenpō-jūshichi-jō), the Japanese Prince Regent Shōtoku Taishi combines Buddhism with Confucian ethics, demands harmony in human relationships, has postal roads built and important chronicles written .
Empire of China
- Sui Yangdi succeeds Sui Wendi as Emperor of China . Sui Yangdi is particularly important for the construction of the Imperial Canal during his tenure.
Roman-Persian Wars
- The Sassanids under Chosrau II succeed in destroying the Eastern Roman fortress Dara-Anastasiupolis .
Mesoamerica
- With Yohl Ik'nal , the first woman dies on the throne of the Maya city of Palenque . On January 1, 605, Ajen Yohl Mat succeeds her as ruler.
religion
- May 26th : After Augustine's death , Laurence succeeds as Archbishop of Canterbury .
- September 13th : Sabinianus officially becomes the new Pope as the successor to Gregory I , who died in March. Sabinianus is elected immediately after his death, but the inauguration takes place only after recognition by the Eastern Roman Emperor Phocas .
Born
- around 604: Oswald , King of Northumbria, saint († 642 )
- 604 or 606 : Hafsa bint ʿUmar , a wife of Muhammad (d. Between 661 and 665)
Died
Date of death secured
- March 12th : Gregory the Great , Pope and Doctor of the Church, saint of the Catholic Church (* 540 )
- May 26 : Augustine of Canterbury , first Archbishop of Canterbury
- November 4th : Yohl Ik'nal , ruler of the Maya city of Palenque (* before 583)
Exact date of death unknown
Born around 604
Web links
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