Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s
Years: 599Events The Chinese win the war at Ordos. The Mayan city of Palenque is defeated by Kalakmul. Raedwald becomes king of East Anglia (approximate date). Births January 23 Emperor Taizong of Tang China Deaths Taliesin, Welsh poet. King Hye of Baekje 599. 600Alternate uses, see Number 600. Events The moldboard plow is invented in eastern Europe Possibly the first reference to chess, in the Persian work Karnamak-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan. The Persians begin to use windmills for irrigation. Pope Gregory I codifie 601Events 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. Livva II succeeds his brother Reccared as King of the V 602Events Phocas kills Byzantine Emperor Maurice I and makes himself emperor Beginning of a series of wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanids Births Mu'awiyah, founder of the Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs (approximate date) Xuanzang, famous Chinese 603Events Battle of Degsastan: Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats Aedan of Dalriada. Witteric overthrows and defeats Livva II, becoming king of the Visigoths. The future Pope Boniface III is appointed papal legate to Constantinople. A revolt among the Goktur 604Events Saint Laurence becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. Sabinianus becomes Pope, succeeding Gregory I. Saebert succeeds Sledda as King of Essex. Mellitus becomes Bishop of London and founds the first St. Paul's Cathedral. Justus founds a cathedral in Roch 605Events Aj Ne' Ohl Mat becomes ruler of Palenque As a result of quarrel between Numan III, the Lakhmid ruler, and the Persian Chosroes the Persian border with Arabia is no long guarded. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty orders the capital to be transfe 606Events Shashanka is the first recorded independent king of Bengal (approximate date). Cearl becomes king of Mercia. The diocese of Aquileia becomes a patriarchate. Births Fatima Zahra, daughter of Muhammad Deaths Aidan, king of Dalriada February 22 Pope S 607 608 609
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