602
- For other uses, see 602 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s |
| Years: | 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 |
| 602 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 602 DCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1355 |
| Armenian calendar | 51 ԹՎ ԾԱ |
| Chinese calendar | 3238/3298-12-3 (辛酉年十二月初三日) — to — 3239/3299-11-13(壬戌年十一月十三日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 594 – 595 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4362 – 4363 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 657 – 658 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 524 – 525 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3703 – 3704 |
| Iranian calendar | 20 BP – 19 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 21 BH – 20 BH |
| Thai solar calendar | 1145 |
Events
By Place
Byzantine Empire
- Maurice, in warfare against the Avars and always dealing with the lack of money, decreed that army should stay for winter beyond the Danube, which would prove to be a serious mistake. The exhausted troops mutinied against the Emperor. Phocas kills Maurice and declares himself emperor.
- Beginning of a series of wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire.
Births
- Mu'awiyah, founder of the Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs (approximate date)
- Xuanzang, famous Chinese Buddhist monk.
- Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 690)
Deaths
- Maurice, Eastern Roman Emperor
Categories
1st millennium | 602