612

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612 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

612 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	612 DCXII
Ab urbe condita	1365
Armenian calendar	61 ԹՎ ԿԱ
Assyrian calendar	5362
Bengali calendar	19
Berber calendar	1562
Buddhist calendar	1156
Burmese calendar	−26
Byzantine calendar	6120–6121
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3308 or 3248     — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3309 or 3249
Coptic calendar	328–329
Discordian calendar	1778
Ethiopian calendar	604–605
Hebrew calendar	4372–4373
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	668–669
- Shaka Samvat	533–534
- Kali Yuga	3712–3713
Holocene calendar	10612
Iranian calendar	10 BP – 9 BP
Islamic calendar	10 BH – 9 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Javanese calendar	502–503
Julian calendar	612 DCXII
Korean calendar	2945
Minguo calendar	1300 before ROC 民前1300年
Nanakshahi calendar	−856
Seleucid era	923/924 AG
Thai solar calendar	1154–1155

Queen Bertha of Kent (539–c. 612)

Year 612 (DCXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 612 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

Byzantine Empire

• August 13 – Empress Eudokia, wife of Heraclius, dies of epilepsy. She leaves two children, and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.

Europe

• King Theudebert II is defeated by his brother Theuderic II at Toul (north-eastern France). He is captured in battle and, after having his royal paraphernalia taken, is handed over to his grandmother Brunhilda. He is put in a monastery, and assassinated with his son Merovech. Theuderic, age 25, becomes sole ruler of Austrasia and Burgundy.
• Sisebut succeeds Gundemar as king of the Visigoths. He begins a campaign against the remains of Byzantine power in Spania.^[1]

Asia

• Goguryeo–Sui War: Emperor Yángdi invades Goguryeo (Korea) with an expeditionary force of over one million men, named the "24 Armies".^[2]
• Battle of Salsu: A Sui force of 305,000 men is defeated by the Korean general Eulji Mundeok at the Yalu River; only 2,700 troops survive.^[3]

Mesoamerica

• October 22 – Sak K'uk' succeeds her father Aj Ne' Yohl Mat, as queen of the Maya state of Palenque (modern Mexico).

By topic

Religion

• Columbanus moves to Italy and establishes the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date).
• The Holy Sponge is brought to Constantinople from Palestine.
• Arnulf, counselor of Theudebert II, becomes bishop of Metz.
• Gallus founds the monastery of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Births

• Aisha, wife of Muhammad (d. 678)
• May 3 – Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
• Germanus of Granfelden, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
• K'ak' Chan Yopaat, king (ajaw) of Copán (approximate date)

Stela of K'ak' Chan Yopaat

• Oswiu, king of Northumbria (approximate date)

Deaths

• Áed Uaridnach, High King of Ireland
• Aj Ne' Yohl Mat, king of Palenque
• Bertha, wife of Æthelberht of Kent
• Conall Laeg Breg, king of Brega (Ireland)
• Eudokia, Byzantine empress
• Gundemar, king of the Visigoths
• Janaab' Pakal, king of Palenque
• Theudebert II, king of Austrasia (b. 586)

References

1. Roger Collins, "Visigothic Spain 409–711", (Blackwell Publishing, 2004), p. 75
2. KBS World
3. Association for Asia Research- The forgotten glory of Koguryo