623

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	590s  600s  610s  – 620s –  630s  640s  650s
Years:	620 621 622 – 623 – 624 625 626

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623 (DCXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 623rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 623rd year of the 1st millennium, the 23rd year of the 7th century, and the 4th year of the 620s decade. As of the start of 623, the Gregorian calendar was 3 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Europe

• Clotaire II, king of the Franks, makes his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia.
• Samo, reputedly a Frankish merchant, is elected King of the Slavs in Moravia, Slovakia and Lower Austria.

Art

• Tori Busshi makes "Shaka Triad", in the kon-dō, Horyu-ji. Asuka period (approximate date).

Deaths

• Jizang, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 549)
• Liu Heita
• Princess Pingyang
• Su Wei
• Xu Yuanlang