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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