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Events
By Place
Europe
★
Ceolwulf of Wessex fights the
South Saxons.
Asia
★
August 1 —
Prince Shotoku of
Japan appoints
Ono no Imoko as official envoy to
Sui and sends him to pay tribute to the Sui court (Traditional
Japanese date:
July 3, 607).
By Topic
Religion
★
February 19 —
Pope Boniface III succeeds
Pope Sabinian as the 66th
pope, but dies the same year.
★
October 11 —
Thomas I is appointed
Patriarch of Constantinople
★ The
Pantheon in
Rome is made a church.
★ Construction begins on the
Hōryū-ji Buddhist temple in
Ikaruga, near
Nara.
Births
Deaths
★
November 12 —
Pope Boniface III