__NOTOC__
Events
By Place
Asia
★ A stone tower
astronomical observatory named
Cheomseongdae is constructed in
Silla (southern
Korea) around this time.
Births
★
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)