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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Emperor Justin II retires, choosing Tiberius II Constantine as his heir.

Europe

★ Áedán mac Gabráin becomes king of Dál Riata.

★ After the death of King Cleph, the Lombards are without a king for the next ten years.

★ Conquest of Cantabria by Visigothic King Liuvigild

Births

★ Uthman ibn Affan, caliph (approximate date)

★ Prince Shotoku, regent of Japan

★ Xiao Yu, Chinese prince of the Liang Dynasty, later an official serving the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty (d. 647)

Deaths

★ July 7 — Pope John III

★ Cleph, king of the Lombards (killed by one of his servants)

★ Conall mac Comgaill, King of Dál Riata