What is 600?
{{Year nav|600}} {{Year in various calendars|600}} {{Year article header|600}} == Events == * The population of the [[Earth]] rises to about 208 million people. * [[Smallpox]] arrives in [[Europe]] for the first time. * King [[Ingvar]] of [[Sweden]] invades [[Estonia]] but is killed by the locals. * Juchau [[Anglo-Saxon]] tribesmen arrive in [[England]]. * The [[Persians]] begin to use [[windmill]]s for [[irrigation]]. * [[Chaturanga]] is played in [[India]]. * Loma Caldera in [[El Salvador]] erupts. * The [[Hopewell culture]] of [[North America]] becomes less [[popularity|popular]]. * The [[Aztec]] city of [[Teotihuacán]] begins to get unstable. * The moldboard [[plow]] is invented in [[eastern Europe]]. * [[Pope Gregory I]] writes what comes to be known as [[Gregorian chant]]. * The building on the [[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai|monastery]] of [[Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine]] is begun on [[Mount Sinai]]. * [[Ireland|Irish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] pray in [[Scotland]] and [[Germany]]. * [[China|Chinese]]-influenced sculptures of [[Buddha]] begin to be created in [[Japan]]. * [[Sumatra]], [[Java (island)|Java]], and the surrounding islands are changed to believe in[[Buddhism]]. * [[Augustine of Canterbury]] changes [[Ethelbert of Kent]]'s religion to [[Christianity]] (approximate date). * [[Nubian]] rulers become [[Christian]] (approximate date). == Births == * [[Ali Ben Abu Talib]], the fourth [[caliph]] of [[Islam]] * [[Candrakirti]], Indian [[Madhyamaka]] philosopher == Deaths == * [[Venance Fortunat]], [[bishop of Poitiers]], one of the last representatives of [[Classical Latin]] [[poetry]] * [[King Beop of Baekje]], king of the [[Baekje]] [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Kingdom of Korea]] * [[Yang Jun (Sui Dynasty)|Yang Jun]] [[Category:600| ]]