Editing 601

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[[File:Ervigio rey visigodo-687-01.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Liuva II]] (583–603)]]
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Year '''601''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Maurice's Balkan campaigns#Renewed campaigns, 597–602|Balkan Campaign]]: A [[Byzantine army]] under command of [[Peter (curopalates)|Peter]], brother of Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]], crosses the [[Danube]] and advances to the [[Tisza|Tisza River]], where it defeats the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]].

==== Europe ====
* The [[Franks]], [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingians]] and [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingians]] successively control most of [[Europe]], while strong [[Feudalism|feudal]] lords rise in power to gain the [[allegiance]] of the people.
* The [[Lombards]] under King [[Agilulf]] expand into [[Northern Italy]], establishing a settlement with the Franks and maintaining intermittent relationships with [[Rome]].
* [[Liuva II]], age 18,<ref>Roger Collins, "Visigothic Spain 409–711", (Blackwell Publishing,2004, p.73</ref> succeeds his father [[Reccared I]] as king of the [[Visigoths]]. Reccared dies a natural death at the capital in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]<ref>Ann Christys, "Christians in Al-Andalus, 711–1000", p. 37 (Curzon Press, 2002). {{ISBN|0-7007-1564-9}}</ref> after a 15-year reign.

=== By topic ===

==== Arts and sciences ====
* The [[Qieyun]], a [[Chinese character]] rhyme dictionary, is published.

==== Agriculture ====
* Food production increases in northern and Western Europe as a result of [[Agriculture|agricultural]] technology introduced by the [[Slavs]], who employ a lightweight [[Plough|plow]] with a knife blade ([[coulter (agriculture)|coulter]]), that cuts deep into the soil at [[grassroots]] level, together with a shaped board, or "moldboard", that moves the cut soil to one side.

==== Religion ====
* The future [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishops of Canterbury]] ([[Mellitus]], [[Justus]], and [[Honorius of Canterbury|Honorius]]), and the future [[Archbishop of York]] [[Paulinus of York|Paulinus]], are sent to England by [[Pope Gregory I]] to aid [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]] in his [[missionary]] work. Gregory writes the [[decretal]] ''[[Libellus responsionum]]'' to Augustine.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[September 13]] – [[Ali]], central figure in [[Shia Islam]] (d. [[661]])
* [[Daman Hongren|Hongren]], [[Chinese Chán|Chán]] ([[Buddhism|Buddhist]]) patriarch of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[674]])
* [[Ma Zhou]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. [[648]])
* [[Sigebert II]], king of [[Austrasia]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (d. [[613]])
* [[Empress Zhangsun|Zhangsun]], empress of the Tang dynasty (d. [[636]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 13]] or [[600]] &ndash; [[Leander of Seville|Leander]], bishop of [[Seville]]  
* [[Agilulf (Bishop of Metz)|Agilulf]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz|bishop of Metz]]
* [[Reccared I]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (b. [[559]])
* [[Bertha of Kent]], Frankish-born Anglo-Saxon queen consort, canonized (b. c.565) (approximate date)
* [[Sophia (empress)|Sophia]], [[List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses#Justinian dynasty (518–602)|Byzantine Empress]] consort (approximate date)

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