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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties, and agrees to restart the war with Persia.

Europe

★ Owain mab Urien becomes king of Rheged (approximate date).

Asia

★ January 6 — Hormizd IV deposed as Persian king

★ February 15 — Khosrau II crowned as king of Persia

★ February 20 — Bahram Chobin and Khosrau confront each other near Ctesiphon

★ February 28 — Bahram attacks Khosrau at night; Khosrau flees for Circesium the next day.

★ March 9 — Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia

★ Summer — Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties, and agrees to restart the war with Persia.

★ Kadungon succeeds Avani Culamani as ruler of the Pandyan kingdom in India

By Topic

Religion

★ September 3 — Pope Gregory I succeeds Pope Pelagius II as the 64th pope.

★ Saint Columbanus arrives in Gaul, founds the monastery of Luxeuil.

Births

★ Jajang Yulsa, a monk in Silla

Deaths

★ February 7 — Pope Pelagius II

★ February — Hormizd IV, Persian king

★ September 5 — Authari, king of the Lombards

★ Saint Blane, Scots saint