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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

North America

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy.

★ Battle of Cúl Drebene between the Northern and Southern Uí Néill.

Asia

★ Wu Cheng Di succeeds Xiao Zhao Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Qi Dynasty

North America

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By Topic

Religion

★ July 17 — Pope John III succeeds Pope Pelagius I as the 61st pope.

★ Jnanagupta begins translating Buddhist texts into Chinese.

Births

★ Empress Yang Lihua

Deaths

★ March 4 — Pelagius, Pope

★ Clotaire I, king of the Franks

★ Emperor Fei of Northern Qi

★ Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi