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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Ethelbert becomes king of Kent.

★ The Roman Senate sends an embassy to Constantinople; this is its last recorded act.

Asia

★ The Ancient Chinese city of Ye is razed to the ground by Yang Jian

Births

★ Uthman Ibn Affan

★ Umar

★ Arnulf of Metz

★ Pepin I, Frankish mayor of palace

★ Maximus the Confessor, Christian monk

★ Wei Zheng, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 643)

Deaths

★ Martin of Dumes, bishop of Braga