610
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In the year 610
Construction
Influential Chinese engineer Li Ch'un builds the Great Stone Bridge over the Chiao Shui River in northern China, the first example of a segmental arch bridge. It survives intact today. See also 600 bce Construction.
Food & agricultureAn Italian monk invents pretzels as a reward to children who learn their prayers. He calls the strips of baked dough, folded to resemble arms crossing the breast, pretiola ("little reward").
TransportationChinese Emperor Yangdi completes a major section of the Grand Canal, linking the Yangtze and the Huang He (Yellow River); this round of construction starts in 605, although construction of the first segments dates back at least until 70. Some parts may have been based on canals dug as early as 500 bce. See also 70 ce Transportation; 1327 Transportation.
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This article is about the year 610. For the number (and other uses), see 610 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 580s 590s 600s – 610s – 620s 630s 640s |
| Years: | 607 608 609 – 610 – 611 612 613 |
| 610 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 610 DCX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1363 |
| Armenian calendar | 59 ԹՎ ԾԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5360 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1234–-1233 |
| Bengali calendar | 17 |
| Berber calendar | 1560 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1154 |
| Burmese calendar | -28 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6118–6119 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年十二月初一日 (3246/3306-12-1) — to —
庚午年閏十一月十一日(3247/3307-intercalary 11-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 326–327 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 602–603 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4370–4371 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 666–667 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 532–533 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3711–3712 |
| Holocene calendar | 10610 |
| Iranian calendar | 12 BP – 11 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 12 BH – 11 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2943 |
| Minguo calendar | 1302 before ROC 民前1302年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1153 |
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Year 610 (DCX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 610 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. The year 610 is a Fibonacci number.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- October 4 – Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the East Roman Empire from Latin to Greek (already the language of the vast majority of the population). Because of this, after AD 610 the East Roman Empire is customarily referred to as the Byzantine Empire (the term Byzantine is a modern term invented by historians in the 18th century; the people of the Empire itself always referred to themselves as "Ρωμιούς" – in English, Romious).
Europe
By topic
Arts and sciences
Religion
- According to Islamic belief, the archangel Gabriel first appears to Muhammad, reciting to him the first verses of surat Iqra (al-`Alaq), thus beginning the revelation of the Qur'an (approximate date).
- St. Columbanus and St. Gall begin missionary work in Bregenz.
- St. John the Merciful becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
Births
Deaths
- Phocas, Byzantine emperor (by mob)
- Witteric, king of the Visigoths
- Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Cousin of Muhammad and first to declare him a prophet
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