Year 601 (DCI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 601 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

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By place

Byzantine Empire

• Peter (Byzantine general) defeats the Eurasian Avars.

Europe

• Liuva II succeeds his brother Reccared as King of the Visigoths.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of thelberht of Kent.
• The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.

Religion

• The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work.

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Births

• Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy
• Hongren, a Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674)
• Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)
• Empress Zhangsun

Deaths

• Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales
• Reccared, King of the Visigoths

References

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