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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ Serbs settle in the Balkans, having been invited by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius.

★ Byzantine Emperor Heraclius recaptures Jerusalem from the Persians.

★ Start of the Byzantine-Arab Wars.

Asia

★ January 1 — Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.

★ Armenia invaded by Chorpan Tarkhan; the Western Turkic Khaganate disintegrates.

★ Chinese Buddhist monk Xuan Zang reaches India.

★ Ardashir assassinated, succeeded by Shahrbaraz as king of Persia; Sharbaraz is assassinated and succeeded by Boran.

★ The Tang Dynasty Chinese general Li Jing captured the Jiali Khan Ashini Duobi, which led to success in Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue launched at the end of the previous year, and resulted in the disintegration of the Göktürk Khanate.

Births

★ Di Renji, Chancellor of China (d. 700)

Deaths

★ April 27 — Ardashir III, Persian king

★ June 9 — Shahrbaraz, Persian king

★ Du Ruhui, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 585)