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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Guaram becomes prince of Iberia.

Europe

★ Æthelric becomes first King of Northumbria, after the kingdom is formed from the union of the two Anglian tribes of Bernicia and Deira.

Asia

★ First Perso-Turkic War

★ Shivadeva ascends throne of Lichchhavi dynasty in Nepal.

★ 10 people killed in rural China by large meteorite impact.

By Topic

Religion

★ The Lombards are converted to Christianity.

★ Skellig Michael monastery is founded on a steep rocky island off the coast of Ireland.

Births

★ Saint Eligius (approximate date)

Deaths

★ May 1 — Marcouf, Christian saint

★ Aella of Deira

★ Saint Aed Macbricc