607

This article is about the year 607. For the number, see 607 (number). For other uses, see 607 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	570s  580s  590s  – 600s –  610s  620s  630s
Years:	604 605 606 – 607 – 608 609 610

607 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

607 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	607 DCVII
Ab urbe condita	1360
Armenian calendar	56 ԹՎ ԾԶ
Assyrian calendar	5357
Bengali calendar	14
Berber calendar	1557
Buddhist calendar	1151
Burmese calendar	−31
Byzantine calendar	6115–6116
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3303 or 3243     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3304 or 3244
Coptic calendar	323–324
Discordian calendar	1773
Ethiopian calendar	599–600
Hebrew calendar	4367–4368
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	663–664
- Shaka Samvat	529–530
- Kali Yuga	3708–3709
Holocene calendar	10607
Iranian calendar	15 BP – 14 BP
Islamic calendar	16 BH – 14 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	607 DCVII
Korean calendar	2940
Minguo calendar	1305 before ROC 民前1305年
Seleucid era	918/919 AG
Thai solar calendar	1149–1150

The Hōryū-ji Buddhist temple (Japan)

Year 607 (DCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) 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

• Visigoths, Austrasians, Neustrians and Lombards form an alliance against king Theuderic II of Burgundy, whose grandmother and sister has murdered Theuderic's wife Ermenberga, daughter of Witteric, king of the Visigoths. Fighting takes place around Narbonne but little is known of details or outcome (approximate date).
• Queen Brunhilda has Uncelen, Duke of Alemannia, removed from office after his foot is cut off as revenge for Protadius' death (according to the Lex Alamannorum).

Britain

• King Ceolwulf of Wessex fights the South Saxons.

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 led him delivere 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 bestowed 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

• Ali ibn Abi Talib, ruler of the Rashidun Caliphate (d. 661)
• Hao Chujun, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 681)
• Shenxiu, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (d. 706)
• Yang Gao, prince of the Sui Dynasty (d. 618)

Deaths

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