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[[File:21-WITERICO.JPG|thumb|right|King [[Witteric]] (c. 565–610)]]
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Year '''603''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 603 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 ===
==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Witteric]], counting on the support of the [[Nobility|nobles]], attacks the royal [[palace]] in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], and overthrows King [[Liuva II]]. He cuts off his right hand, and has him executed. Witteric becomes the new king of the [[Visigoths]].<ref>Roger Collins, "Visigothic Spain 409–711", p. 73</ref>
* King [[Agilulf]] besieges [[Cremona]], and with the assistance of the [[Slavs]] the city is destroyed. He captures [[Padua]] and [[Mantua]] ([[Northern Italy]]); its territory is divided between the [[Lombards|Lombard]] duchies of [[Brescia]] and [[Bergamo]].  
* Agilulf, under the influence of his wife [[Theodelinda]], abandons [[Arianism]] for [[Catholicism]], and is (with his son [[Adaloald]]) baptised in the [[Duomo of Monza|Cathedral of Monza]], where later the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]] is installed.
* The last mention of the [[Senate of the Roman Empire|Roman Senate]] on the Italian mainland is made (according to the [[Pope Gregory I|Gregorian]] register). It mentions that the Senate has acclaimed new statues of Emperor [[Phocas]] and Empress [[Leontia]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tsE9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA246 Jeffrey Richards. The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476–752, p. 246]</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Degsastan]]: King [[Æthelfrith of Northumbria]] defeats the combined forces of the [[Strathclyde]] [[Britons (Celtic people)|Britons]] and [[Scottish people|Scots]] under [[Áedán mac Gabráin]], establishing the supremacy of the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] in the northern part of what will become known as the [[British Isles]].

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wéndi]] stabilises the [[Early Imperial China|Chinese Empire]]; the [[Agriculture|agricultural]] acreage increases greatly, and [[shipbuilding]] technology reaches a new high level.
* [[Prince Shōtoku]] of [[Japan]] establishes a [[Twelve Level Cap and Rank System|twelve level cap and rank system]], and is said to have authored a [[seventeen-article constitution]].
* Rebellious [[Göktürks]] depose and kill the ambitious ruler (''[[khagan]]'') [[Tardu]], of the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]] ([[Central Asia]]). 
* [[Heshana Khan]] succeeds his father Tardu as ruler of the Göktürks, and levies heavy [[tax]]es on the [[Tiele people]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Schuttern Abbey]] ([[Germany]]) is founded by the wandering [[Ireland|Irish]] monk Offo.
* The future [[Pope Boniface III]] is appointed [[papal legate]] to [[Constantinople]].
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== Births ==
* [[Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali]], Muslim [[Scholarly method|scholar]] (approximate date)
* [[Dagobert I]], king of the [[Franks]] (d. [[639]])
* [[Li Daozong]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (approximate date)
* [[Li Yuanji]], prince of the Tang dynasty (d. [[626]])
* [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal|Pacal the Great]], ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of [[Palenque]] (d. [[683]])
* [[Muyeol of Silla|Muyeol]], king of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]]) (d. [[661]])
* [[Yeon Gaesomun]], dictator of [[Goguryeo]] (d. [[AD 666|666]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Fintan of Clonenagh]], Irish [[abbot]]
* [[Liuva II]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (b. [[583]])
* [[Saint Mungo|Mungo]], [[Britons (Celtic people)|Brythonic]] bishop (or [[614]])
* [[Tardu]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks]]

== References ==
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