Year by year · 7th century

602 CE

602 CE in world history: 2 events, 1 birth, 2 deaths and 1 state that came to an end. 247 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 27 November

    The usurper Phocas has the deposed emperor Maurice executed

    Phocas, leader of the army mutiny that had overthrown Emperor Maurice, had Maurice's five sons executed and then Maurice himself. The murder gave the Sasanian king Khosrow II a pretext for a long war that exhausted both empires.

    MauricePhocasByzantine Empire
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Wars and longer events

Born in 602 CE 1

Died in 602 CE 2

States that came to an end 1

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