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611
The troops of the Persian general Shahin advance into Asia Minor.
611 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	59/60 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	603/604
Buddhist calendar	1154/55 (southern Buddhism); 1153/54 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	55th (56th) cycle Year of the metal sheep辛未 ( at the beginning of the year metal horse 庚午)
Jewish calendar	4371/72 (September 12-13)
Coptic calendar	327/328
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MCCCLXIV (1364) Diocletian's era : 327/328 (November turn of the year)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 921/922 (April) Syria: 922/923 (October)
Spanish era	649
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	667/668 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Asia

• Roman-Persian Wars : The Sassanids conquer Antioch again .
• The troops of the Persian general Shahin advance into Asia Minor.

Europe

• The Avars invade the Frankish Empire ; they are fought by King Theudebert II .
• Cynegils becomes King of Wessex . He is Ceolwulf's successor .

Died

• Ceolwulf , King of Wessex
• Komentiolos , Eastern Roman general
• around 611: Herakleios the Elder , Eastern Roman general, father of the Emperor Herakleios