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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Pippin of Landen becomes Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.

Asia

★ January - Emperor Heraclius ravages the environs of Ctesiphon; Tong Yabghu of the Western Gokturks storms and sacks Tbilisi (Third Perso-Turkic War)

★ 23 February — Khosrau II of Persia overthrown. His son Kavadh II rules as his successor until October.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ Brahmagupta writes the Brahmasphutasiddhanta, an early, yet very advanced, math book.

Births

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Deaths

★ 22 January — Saint Anastasius the Persian

★ February — Khosrau II, king of Persia

★ October — Kavadh II, king of Persia

★ Babai the Great, Syrian monk

★ Empress Suiko of Japan

★ Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards

★ Du Yan, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

★ Li Dashi, Chinese official and historian