Feb 19 Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope Mar 13 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet Apr 19 Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth Aug 1 Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607) 604 AD Events in History by Year 608 AD