620s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 590s 600s 610s – 620s – 630s 640s 650s |
| Years: | 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
This is a list of events occurring in the 620s, ordered by year.
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[edit] 620
[edit] By place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- The Slavs attack Thessaloniki.
[edit] India
- Pulakesi II defeats the Harsha army on the Banks of the River Narmada. A truce establishes Narmada as the southern boundary of Harsha's kingdom.
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[edit] 621
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[edit] Asia
- May 28 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin defeats the numerically superior army of Dou Jiande.
- June 4 – Wang Shichong surrenders to Li Shimin following Dou Jiande's defeat.
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[edit] Religion
- Muhammad is said to have visited heaven aboard the steed/unicorn with wings or Buraq, in the Isra wal-Miraj, (the Night Journey), from Mecca and then to heaven from Jerusalem's Temple Mount, then back to Mecca.
[edit] 622
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[edit] Asia
- Battle of Issus: the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius defeats the Sassanid army.
- June 4 – Wang Shichong surrenders to Li Shimin following Dou Jiande's defeat.
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[edit] Religion
- July 16 – Year one of the Islamic calendar begins, during which the Hijra occurs – Muhammad and his followers emigrate from Mecca to Medina in September.[1]
- Xuanzang is fully ordained as a monk at the age of 20.[2]
[edit] Literature
[edit] 623
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[edit] Europe
- Clotaire II, king of the Franks, makes his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia.
- Samo, reputedly a Frankish merchant, is elected King of the Slavs in Moravia, Slovakia and Lower Austria.
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[edit] Art
- Tori Busshi makes "Shaka Triad", in the kon-dō, Horyu-ji. Asuka period (approximate date).
[edit] 624
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[edit] Byzantine Empire
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[edit] Religion
- March 17 – The Battle of Badr is fought: Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in Badr, present-day Saudi Arabia.
- Justus becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
[edit] 625
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[edit] Religion
- March 23 – Battle of Uhud (Muhammad retreats against the inhabitants of Mecca), which they consider a victory.
- October 27 – Pope Honorius I succeeds Pope Boniface V as the 70th pope.
[edit] 626
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[edit] Byzantine Empire
- August 7 – The Byzantines defeat the Avars and Slavs, who were besieging Constantinople for the first time.
[edit] Europe
- Arioald succeeds his brother-in-law Adaloald as king of the Lombards (approximate date).
- Edinburgh is founded by King Edwin of Northumbria.
- Penda becomes king of Mercia (traditional date).
[edit] Asia
- July 2 – In the early morning, Li Shimin, the future Emperor Tang Taizong of China, eliminates two of his brothers, Li Yuanji and the crown prince Li Jiancheng, in a coup d'état at the Xuanwu Gate in Chang'an.
- September 3 – Emperor Gaozu of Tang China abdicates in favor of his son Li Shimin.
[edit] 627
[edit] By place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- December 12 – Battle of Nineveh: Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians, ending the Roman-Persian Wars.
[edit] Asia
- Yathrib (Medina): Battle of the Trench: Muhammad successfully withstands a siege by Meccan forces, whose allies, the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza, ultimately surrender to Muhammad.
- Third Perso-Turkic War: Tong Yabghu of the Western Gokturks storms and sacks the Caspian Gates at Derbent.
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[edit] Religion
[edit] Education
- St Peter's School, York, founded by Paulinus
[edit] 628
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[edit] Europe
- Pippin of Landen becomes Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.
[edit] Asia
- January – Third Perso-Turkic War: Emperor Heraclius ravages the environs of Ctesiphon; Tong Yabghu of the Western Gokturks storms and sacks Tbilisi.
- February 23 – Khosrau II of Persia is overthrown. His son Kavadh II rules as his successor until October.
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[edit] Arts and sciences
- Brahmagupta writes the Brahmasphutasiddhanta, an early, yet very advanced, math book.
[edit] 629
[edit] By place
[edit] Persian and Byzantine Empires
- September – Jerusalem is reconquered by the Byzantine Empire from the Persian Empire.
- The Battle of Mu'tah, the first Muslim expedition outside Arabia, fails to take the lands east of the Jordan River.
- Poet Al-Khansa meets Muhammad and converts to Islam.
[edit] Europe
- Dagobert I becomes king of all of the Frankish territory.
- Battle of Fid Eoin: The king of Dál Riata, Connad Cerr, is defeated by the Dál nAraidi, led by Máel Caích.
[edit] Asia
- Emperor Jomei ascends to the throne of Japan.
- The Chinese Tang Dynasty launches Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue, a Göktürk khanate. The campaign is led in late winter by military commander Li Jing.
- Arabia: Battle of Khaybar – Muslim attack and capture of this fortified Jewish oasis, 150 kilometers from Medina.
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[edit] References
- ^ Sardar, Ziauddin (24 June 1982). "The astronomy of Ramadan". New Scientist 94 (1311): 854. ISSN 0262-4079. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ts4HDr_n_rQC&pg=PA854&dq=islamic+calendar+begins+16+July+622#v=onepage&q=islamic%20calendar%20begins%2016%20July%20622&f=false.
- ^ Howgego, Raymond John (2003). Encyclopedia of exploration to 1800. Hordern House. p. 522. ISBN 978-1-875567-36-2. http://books.google.com.au/books?ct=result&id=nFIRAQAAMAAJ&dq=Xuanzang+ordained+as+a+monk+622&q=c.622#search_anchor.
