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 is completed under the Japanese Empress Suiko . |
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| 607 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 55/56 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 599/600 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1150/51 (southern Buddhism); 1149/50 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the Fire Rabbit 丁卯 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Tiger 丙寅) |
| Jewish calendar | 4367/68 (August 27-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 323/324 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCCLX (1360)
Diocletian's era : 323/324 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 917/918 (April)
Syria: 918/919 (October) |
| Spanish era | 645 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 663/664 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Ceolwulf of Wessex leads a campaign against the Kingdom of Sussex .
- The Burgundian regent Brunichild has the Alemanni Duke Uncilin cut off a foot in revenge for the murder of their house master Protadius. According to the Lex Alamannorum , he becomes incapacitated because he is no longer able to mount a horse without help.
Asia
- On the initiative of her son-in-law Shōtoku, the Japanese Empress Suiko sends ambassadors to China of the Sui dynasty to the court of Emperor Yangdis for the first time . Since then, students and monks have been sent to the Chinese Empire on a regular basis , leading to political, cultural and religious exchanges.
Religion and culture
Catholic Church
Boniface III is elected Pope on February 19 to succeed Sabinianus, who died a year ago . The previous deacon and envoy of the Pope at the court of Constantinople stipulated during his brief pontificate that no one may talk about a successor to a Pope while the Pope is still alive. Violation will be punished with excommunication . Furthermore, no new Pope may be elected until the old Pope has been dead for three days. Boniface III dies after almost nine months on Petri's throne. on November 12th . After his death there was a vacancy until the summer of the following year.
Buddhism in Japan
The Buddhist Hōryū-ji temple in Ikaruga , the world's oldest still existing wooden building, is completed. The temple and a Buddha statue will be built by Shōtoku , son of the late Emperor Yōmei , and Empress Suiko , who thus meet the wishes of the deceased who wanted to fulfill a vow with the construction.
Died
- November 12 : Boniface III. , Pope