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Events

By Place

Europe

Africa

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Rodoald succeeds his father Rothari as king of the Lombards.

Africa

★ Arabs invade Nubia for the second time, laying siege to the city of Dunqulah and destroying its cathedral. (Previous invasion was in 642)

Asia

★ Khazaria becomes an independent state (approximate date)

★ Construction of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang'an (modern Xi'an), Tang Dynasty China, is completed in this year during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.

Births

★ Clotaire III, king of the Franks

Deaths

★ Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad, progenitor of the Abbasids

★ Saint Ida of Nivelles, widow of Pippin of Landen, monastic foundress

★ Rothari, king of the Lombards