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Contents

Events

By Topic

Religion

Literature

Births

Deaths

Events

By Topic

Religion

★ July 16 — Year one of the Islamic calendar begins, during which the Hijra occurs — Muhammad and his followers emigrate from Mecca to Medina in September.

★ Xuanzang is fully ordained as a monk at the age of 20.

Literature

★ The first Chinese Encyclopedia, Yiwen Leiju, was completed.

Births

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Deaths

★ Prince Shotoku, Japanese prince, one of the first in that country to support Buddhism

★ Andronicus, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria