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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ General Priskos defeats Eurasian Avars.

Europe

★ Liuva II succeeds his brother Reccared as King of the Visigoths.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of Ethelbert.

★ The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.

Religion

★ The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work.

Births

★ Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy

★ Hongren, a Zen Buddhist Patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674)

★ Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)

Deaths

★ Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales

★ Reccared King of the Visigoths