605
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 605 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 605 DCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1358 |
| Armenian calendar | 54 ԹՎ ԾԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5355 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 526–527 |
| Bengali calendar | 12 |
| Berber calendar | 1555 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1149 |
| Burmese calendar | −33 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6113–6114 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 3302 or 3095 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3303 or 3096 |
| Coptic calendar | 321–322 |
| Discordian calendar | 1771 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 597–598 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4365–4366 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 661–662 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 526–527 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3705–3706 |
| Holocene calendar | 10605 |
| Iranian calendar | 17 BP – 16 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 18 BH – 17 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 494–495 |
| Julian calendar | 605 DCV |
| Korean calendar | 2938 |
| Minguo calendar | 1307 before ROC 民前1307年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −863 |
| Seleucid era | 916/917 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1147–1148 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 731 or 350 or −422 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 732 or 351 or −421 |
Year 605 (DCV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 605 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
- Emperor Phocas recognizes Agilulf as king of the Lombards and signs a peace treaty. He pays a tribute and cedes Orvieto (Central Italy) among other towns. The Byzantine army is withdraw from the Balkan Peninsula.
Britain
- King Æthelfrith annexes the neighboring kingdom of Deira (Northern England). The region between the Forth and Humber rivers will hereafter be known as Northumbria, the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Persia
- As a result of a quarrel between Numan III, the Lakhmid ruler, and the Persian Chosroes, the Persian border with Arabia is no longer guarded.
Asia
- Emperor Yángdi orders the capital to be transferred from Chang'an to Luoyang. He begins the construction of the Grand Canal that will link existing waterways to the new Chinese capital. Built by a million laborers.
- Amshuvarma becomes king of Licchavi.
- The Zhaozhou Bridge is completed under the Sui Dynasty, the earliest known fully stone open-spandrel segmental arch bridge in the world. Although the earlier Roman era Trajan's Bridge featured segmental arches.
Mesoamerica
- Aj Ne' Yohl Mat becomes ruler of Palenque.
Births
Deaths
- May 26 – Augustine of Canterbury (d. this year or 604)
- Damian, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
- Alexander of Tralles, Greek physician