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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ The Slavs begin to migrate into the Balkans and Greece.

Europe

★ Frithuwald succeeds his brother Theodric as king of Bernicia (traditional date).

★ Rebellion in Limoges against Chilperic I of Neustria.

Asia

★ Hormizd IV succeeds Khosrau I as king of Persia.

★ End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China.

★ Wu Di succeeded by Xuan Di, then Jing Di.

By Topic

Religion

★ November 26 — Pope Pelagius II succeeds Pope Benedict I as the 63rd pope. While November 26 is the official date, theologically, the pontificate began in August when he was ordained as Bishop of Rome.

Births

★ John Climacus, Christian Saint

★ Fang Xuanling, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)

Deaths

★ February — Khosrau I, king of Persia

★ Pope Benedict I

★ Theodric, king of Bernicia (traditional date)