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 |
620s: events by year
Contents: 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629
620
By place
Byzantine Empire
- The Slavs attack Thessaloniki.
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.
By topic
Religion
622
By place
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.
By topic
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]
Literature
623
By place
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.
By topic
Art
- Tori Busshi makes "Shaka Triad", in the kon-dō, Horyu-ji. Asuka period (approximate date).
624
By place
Byzantine Empire
By topic
Religion
- Justus becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
- March 17 – The Battle of Badr is fought.
625
By topic
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.
626
By place
Byzantine Empire
- August 7 – The Byzantines defeat the Avars and Slavs, who were besieging Constantinople for the first time.
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).
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.
627
By place
Byzantine Empire
- December 12 – Battle of Nineveh: Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians, ending the Roman-Persian Wars.
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.
By topic
Religion
Education
- St Peter's School, York, founded by Paulinus
628
By place
Europe
- Pippin of Landen becomes Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.
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.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Brahmagupta writes the Brahmasphutasiddhanta, an early, yet very advanced, math book.
629
By place
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.
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.
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.
America
Significant people
Births
Deaths
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 9781875567362. http://books.google.com.au/books?ct=result&id=nFIRAQAAMAAJ&dq=Xuanzang+ordained+as+a+monk+622&q=c.622#search_anchor.
