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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 611 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

Persian Empire

* Byzantine–Persian War: The Persian army under Shahrbaraz captures Antioch, and most of the remaining Byzantine

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es in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and Mesopotamia. King Khosrau II is re-establishing a neo-

Persian Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, wikt:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an History of Iran#Classical antiquity, ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Bas ...

, and intensifies his war effort. The Byzantine army, ruined by defeat and

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, offers only half-hearted opposition.

Britain

* Cynegils becomes king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, after the death of his uncle Ceolwulf (according to the ''

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alf ...

''). He rules from 611 to 643 and shares power to some extent with his eldest son,

Cwichelm Cwichelm is a masculine English given name. Notable people with the name include: * Cwichelm of Wessex (died 636), Prince of Wessex * Cwichhelm (bishop) Cwichhelm or Cwichelm was a medieval Bishop of Rochester. Cwichhelm was consecrated probabl ...

, who may have been given Upper Wessex (approximate date).

By topic

Religion

* The Four Gates Pagoda, located in central

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

Province ( East China), is completed.

Births

* July 7 – Eudoxia Epiphania, daughter of Byzantine emperor

Heraclius Heraclius ( grc-gre, Ἡράκλειος, Hērákleios; c. 575 – 11 February 641), was List of Byzantine emperors, Eastern Roman emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exa ...

* Leo II, Pope of the Catholic Church (d. 683)

Deaths

Arnoald Arnoald, also called Arnoldus or Arnual (c. 540/560 – c. 611), was a Bishop of Metz between 601 and 609 or 611, the successor of his uncle Agilulf. He was the son of Ansbertus, a senator, and his wife Blithilde, whose parents were Charib ...

, Bishop of Metz (approximate date) * Ceolwulf, king of Wessex (approximate date) * Comentiolus, Byzantine general (approximate date) * Romilda of Friuli, regent duchess of Friuli (approximate date)

References

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