What is 601?
{{otheruses}} {{Year nav|601}} {{Year in various calendars|601}} {{Year article header|601}} == 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 [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishops of Canterbury]], [[Mellitus]], [[Justus]], and [[Saint Honorius|Honorius]], and the future [[Archbishop of York]] [[Paulinus of York|Paulinus]], are sent to [[England]] by [[Gregory I|Pope Gregory I]] to help [[Augustine of Canterbury|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 [[Category:601| ]]