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Events

By Place

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ A stone tower astronomical observatory named Cheomseongdae is constructed in Silla (southern Korea) around this time.

Births

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Deaths

★ February 14 — Gao Shilian, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 576)

★ Xiao Yu, Chinese prince of the Liang Dynasty, later an official serving the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty (born 574)

★ Yang Shidao, Chinese statesman

★ Li Baiyao, Chinese government official and historian who completed editing the ''Book of Northern Qi'', which his father had started (born 564)