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Events

By Place

Europe

Byzantine Empire

Africa

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Chindaswinth deposes Tulga, becomes king of the Visigoths.

Byzantine Empire

★ Revolt against Byzantine emperor Heraclonas; he is deposed and his brother Constans II becomes sole emperor.

Africa

★ Alexandria formally surrendered to Amr ibn al-As by a treaty signed on November 8.

★ Caesarea surrenders to the Arabs

★ Founding of the city of Fostat, later Cairo, in Egypt.

Births

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Deaths

★ Emperor Jomei, emperor of Japan

★ King Mu of Baekje

★ February 11 — Heraclius, Byzantine emperor