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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Heathen reaction in Kent under king Eadbald. Justus, Bishop of Rochester, flees to Gaul.

★ Sigehbert I becomes king of Essex.

Asia

★ Sui Gong Di succeeds Sui Yang Di as emperor of China.

★ Persian Army under the command of General Spahbodh Shaahin conquered Chalcedon after a long siege.

★ Meccans began a boycott of the Banu Hashim clan to which Islamic Prophet Muhammad belonged to.

Births

★ Weonhyo, leading thinker of the Korean Buddhist tradition

Deaths

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