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Events
By Place
Byzantine Empire
★
Byzantines recapture
Alexandria from the
Arabs.
Asia
★ End of the reign of
Empress Kogyoku, empress of
Ancient Japan.
★
Emperor Kotoku ascends to the throne of Ancient Japan.
★ Supporters of
Prince Shotoku gain supremacy.
★
Goguryeo general
Yang Man-chun resists the
Emperor Taizong of Tang.
Births
★
Yazid I, a caliph of the
Umayad Dynasty
★
Empress Jito, empress of Japan
Deaths
★
July 10 —
Soga no Iruka, assassinated in what was afterwards called the
Isshi Incident
★
Cen Wenben, Chinese
Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, also an editor of the ''
Book of Zhou'' (born
595)