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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Africa

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Tulga succeeds his father Suinthila as king of the Visigoths.

★ The French city of Lille is founded by Lyderic.

Africa

Battle of Heliopolis between Arab Muslim armies and Byzantine.

Asia

★ Emperor Taizong's campaign against Xiyu states, or the Western Regions in the Tarim Basin, commences in this year, as the Tang Dynasty Chinese commander Hou Junji captured Gaochang to solidify Chinese rule in Central Asia.

By Topic

Religion

★ May 28 — Pope Severinus succeeds Pope Honorious I as the 71st pope.

★ December 24 — Pope John IV succeeds Pope Severinus as the 72nd pope.

Births

★ Al-Akhtal, Arab poet

★ Aldhelm, Bible translator

★ Dungarth, King of Dumnonia

★ Musa bin Nusair, Umayyad general and governor

★ Saint Lambert, Bishop and Christian saint

★ St. Kilian, Apostle of Franconia

★ Saint Tysilio, Bishop and Christian saint

Deaths

★ 2 August — Pope Severinus

★ 12 September — Zac-Kuk, Queen Mother of Palenque

★ Pippin of Landen, Mayor of Palace of Austrasia

★ Eadbald, king of Kent

★ Suinthila, king of the Visigoths