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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Battle of Mag Rath: Dál Riata influence in Ulster greatly reduced or ended

Asia

★ Battle of al-Qādisiyyah: Rashidun Caliphate defeated Sassanid army, eventually take Persian capital of Ctesiphon

★ Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate Conquered Jerusalem

★ Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate Conquered Aleppo

★ Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate Conquered Antioch and took control of north-eastern Anatolia.

★ Chang'an, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire.[1]

★ Songtsen Gampo builds first palace on the site of the Potala palace.

Births

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Deaths

★ Wen Yanbo, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 575)