607

607 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar607
DCVII
Ab urbe condita1360
Armenian calendar56
ԹՎ ԾԶ
Assyrian calendar5357
Balinese saka calendar528–529
Bengali calendar13–14
Berber calendar1557
Buddhist calendar1151
Burmese calendar−31
Byzantine calendar6115–6116
Chinese calendar丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
3304 or 3097
    — to —
丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
3305 or 3098
Coptic calendar323–324
Discordian calendar1773
Ethiopian calendar599–600
Hebrew calendar4367–4368
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat663–664
 - Shaka Samvat528–529
 - Kali Yuga3707–3708
Holocene calendar10607
Iranian calendar15 BP – 14 BP
Islamic calendar16 BH – 14 BH
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar496–497
Julian calendar607
DCVII
Korean calendar2940
Minguo calendar1305 before ROC
民前1305年
Nanakshahi calendar−861
Seleucid era918/919 AG
Thai solar calendar1149–1150
Tibetan calendarམེ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་
(male Fire-Tiger)
733 or 352 or −420
    — to —
མེ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་
(female Fire-Hare)
734 or 353 or −419
The Hōryū-ji Buddhist temple (Japan)

Year 607 (DCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 607 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

Europe

Britain

Asia

  • August 1 – Empress Suiko appoints Ono no Imoko as official envoy to the Sui Court (Japanese missions to Imperial China). She sends him to pay tribute to Emperor Yángdi, and let him deliver the famous letter from prince-regent Shōtoku which begins: "The Son of Heaven where the sun rises (Japan), to the Son of Heaven where the sun sets (China), may good health be with you." (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
  • Yángdi is offended by his general Gao Jiong, who makes several comments critical of the emperor's policies, against Tujue submissive Yami Qaghan. He is executed (beheaded), and Gao's sons are exiled to the border provinces (Northern China).

By topic

Religion

  • February 19 – The vacancy (sede vacante) that has existed on the papal throne, since the death last year of Sabinian, ends with the election of a Rome-born deacon of the Catholic Church. Pope Boniface III is appointed as the 66th pope, but dies the same year.
  • Emperor Phocas bestows the title "Universal Bishop" upon Boniface III, in an effort to improve relations with Rome.
  • October 11 – Thomas I is appointed as the 60th patriarch of Constantinople.
  • The Hōryū-ji Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, near Nara (Japan), is constructed.


Births

Deaths

  • November 12 – Pope Boniface III
  • Desiderius, archbishop of Vienne (approximate date)
  • Gao Jiong, general of the Sui dynasty
  • Trudpert, Irish missionary (or 644)

References

  1. ^ ASC Parker MS. AD 607