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The first model of the PowerPC chip. See PowerPC. See also ITU-R BT.601.
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This article is about the year 601. For the number, see 601 (number). For other uses, see 601 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 570s 580s 590s – 600s – 610s 620s 630s |
| Years: | 598 599 600 – 601 – 602 603 604 |
| 601 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 601 DCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1354 |
| Armenian calendar | 50 ԹՎ Ծ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5351 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1243–-1242 |
| Bengali calendar | 8 |
| Berber calendar | 1551 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1145 |
| Burmese calendar | -37 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6109–6110 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十一月廿二日 (3237/3297-11-22) — to —
辛酉年十二月初二日(3238/3298-12-2) |
| Coptic calendar | 317–318 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 593–594 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4361–4362 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 657–658 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 523–524 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3702–3703 |
| Holocene calendar | 10601 |
| Iranian calendar | 21 BP – 20 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 22 BH – 21 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 601 DCI |
| Korean calendar | 2934 |
| Minguo calendar | 1311 before ROC 民前1311年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1144 |
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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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Peter (Byzantine general) defeats the Eurasian Avars.
Europe
By topic
Arts and sciences
- The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of Æthelberht of Kent.[citation needed]
- 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.
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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