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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor

Asia

★ Kongo Gumi, world's oldest continuously operating company (578 - 2006), founded in Osaka, Japan.

Births

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Deaths

★ July 30 — Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa

★ October 5 — Justin II, Roman emperor

★ Northern Zhou Wu Di, Chinese ruler

★ John Malalas, Byzantine chronicler

★ Bhavaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka Scholar

★ Saint Brendan, a popular Irish saint

★ Abdul Muttalib, Grandfather of Muhammad who founded Islam