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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

Africa

Asia

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ August 5 — In the Battle of Maserfield, Penda king of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald, king of Bernicia.

★ Batbayan succeeds Kubrat as ruler of the Bulgars (approximate date).

Africa

★ Arabs invade Nubia for the first time; they will do so again in 652.

★ Arabs conquers Alexandria.

Asia

★ Battle of Nehawand: Arabs conquer Persia.

★ Empress Kōgyoku ascends to the throne of Japan.

★ Yeon Gaesomun seizes power over the Goguryeo kingdom and places King Bojang on the throne.

★ Emperor Taizong of Tang issues a decree throughout China that increased the punishment for men who deliberately inflict injuries upon themselves (most commonly breaking their own legs) in order to avoid military conscription. This decree was an effort to eradicate this practice that had grown as a trend since the time of the rebellion against the Sui Dynasty.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ Earliest surviving dated Arabic papyrus, PERF 558, and earliest known Arabic text with diacritical marks is written.

Religion

★ November 24 — Pope Theodore I succeeds Pope John IV as the 73rd pope.

★ Monastic settlement founded in Hampshire, England, which later becomes Winchester Cathedral.

Births

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Deaths

★ August 5 — Oswald, king of Bernicia and Bretwalda

★ October 12 — Pope John IV

★ Khalid bin Walid, Muslim general, conqueror of Damascus and Syria

★ Yeongnyu of Goguryeo

★ Yuwen Shiji, Chinese statesman