This article is about the year 620. For the steam locomotive, see 6-2-0. For the film format, see 620 film. For other uses, see 620 (disambiguation). Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 620 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 620 DCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1373 |
| Armenian calendar | 69 ԹՎ ԿԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5370 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 541–542 |
| Bengali calendar | 27 |
| Berber calendar | 1570 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1164 |
| Burmese calendar | −18 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6128–6129 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3317 or 3110 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3318 or 3111 |
| Coptic calendar | 336–337 |
| Discordian calendar | 1786 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 612–613 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4380–4381 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 676–677 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 541–542 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3720–3721 |
| Holocene calendar | 10620 |
| Iranian calendar | 2 BP – 1 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 2 BH – 1 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 510–511 |
| Julian calendar | 620 DCXX |
| Korean calendar | 2953 |
| Minguo calendar | 1292 before ROC 民前1292年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −848 |
| Seleucid era | 931/932 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1162–1163 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 746 or 365 or −407 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 747 or 366 or −406 |
Year 620 (CXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The designation 620 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine–Sassanid War: King Khosrau II captures Ancyra, an important Byzantine military base in central Anatolia. After the conquest of Egypt and Palestine, he restores the Persian Empire as it existed in 490 BC under Darius I.
- The Slavs invade the area around Thessaloniki, which is unsuccessfully besieged. The city becomes a Byzantine enclave surrounded by Slavic territory. Urban life disappears and many towns in the Balkan Peninsula become villages.
Britain
- The Angles under King Edwin of Northumbria invade Rheged ("Old North") in Northern England, and expel King Llywarch Hen. He flees to Powys, and becomes a famous bard. Edwin's armies fight against Gododdin and Strathclyde.
Asia
- King Pulakeshin II defeats the Harsha army on the banks of the Narmada River. Harsha loses a major part of his elephant force and retreats. A truce establishes Narmada as the northern boundary of the Chalukya Kingdom (India).
America
- The town of Cholula is founded in central Mexico (later said to be the oldest continuously occupied town in all of North America).
By topic
Religion
- Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria (Germany) is founded by Benedictine monks.
- Isra and Mi'raj (Muhammad's ascension to heaven to meet God).
Births
- Cedd, bishop of London (approximate date)
Deaths
- Basolus, Frankish missionary (approximate date)
- Chuluo Khan, ruler of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate
- Dorotheus of Gaza, monk and abbot (approximate date)
- Eleutherius, Byzantine exarch of Ravenna
- Imerius of Immertal, Swiss monk (approximate date)
- Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of Muhammad
- Mirin, Irish monk and missionary (approximate date)
- Seanach Garbh, Irish abbot (approximate date)
- Shen Faxing, official of the Sui dynasty
- Sisebut, king of the Visigoths (or 621)
References
- Fine 1991, p. 36.
Sources
- Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) . The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.