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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

References

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Ceawlin of Wessex becomes King of Wessex (traditional date).

★ Æthelbert succeeds his father Eormenric as king of Kent (traditional date).

★ Adda succeeds his brother Glappa as king of Bernicia (traditional date).

★ Aella becomes king of Deira (traditional date).

★ Custennin ap Cado abdicates as King of Dumnonia and retires to a monastery where he is eventually murdered. He is succeeded by his son Gerren II rac Dehau.

By Topic

Religion

★ Saint Columba quarrels with Saint Finnian over authorship of a psalter, leading to a pitched battle the next year.

Births

★ Isidore of Seville, archbishop and scholar ^[1]

Deaths

★ Cynric of Wessex, king of Wessex (traditional date)

★ Eormenric, king of Kent (traditional date)

★ Northern Qi Fei Di, Chinese ruler

★ Glappa, king of Bernicia (traditional date)

★ Chen Chang

★ Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou

★ Yang Yin

References

1. Catholic Encyclopedia ''St. Isidore of Seville''