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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Asia

Births

Deaths

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)