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| Gregorian calendar | 601 DCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1354 |
| Armenian calendar | 50 ԹՎ Ծ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5351 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 522–523 |
| Bengali calendar | 8 |
| Berber calendar | 1551 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1145 |
| Burmese calendar | −37 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6109–6110 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3297 or 3237 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3298 or 3238 |
| Coptic calendar | 317–318 |
| Discordian calendar | 1767 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 593–594 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4361–4362 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 657–658 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 522–523 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3701–3702 |
| Holocene calendar | 10601 |
| Iranian calendar | 21 BP – 20 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 22 BH – 21 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 490–491 |
| Julian calendar | 601 DCI |
| Korean calendar | 2934 |
| Minguo calendar | 1311 before ROC 民前1311年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −867 |
| Seleucid era | 912/913 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1143–1144 |
| Tibetan calendar | ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 727 or 346 or −426 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 728 or 347 or −425 |
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601 (DCI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 601st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 601st year of the 1st millennium, the 1st year of the 7th century, and the 2nd year of the 600s decade. As of the start of 601, the Gregorian calendar was 3 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
- Peter (Byzantine General) wins the battle against the Eurasian Avars
- Liuva II replaces his brother Reccared as King of the Visigoths.
- The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published
- 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 help Augustine in his missionary work.
Births
- Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy
- Hongren, a Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674)
- Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)
- Empress Zhangsun
Deaths
- Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales
- Reccared, King of the Visigoths