621
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This article is about the year 621. For the number, see 621 (number). For other uses, see 621 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 590s 600s 610s – 620s – 630s 640s 650s |
| Years: | 618 619 620 – 621 – 622 623 624 |
| 621 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 621 DCXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1374 |
| Armenian calendar | 70 ԹՎ Հ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5371 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1223–-1222 |
| Bengali calendar | 28 |
| Berber calendar | 1571 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1165 |
| Burmese calendar | -17 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6129–6130 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年十二月初四日 (3257/3317-12-4) — to —
辛巳年十一月十三日(3258/3318-11-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 337–338 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 613–614 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4381–4382 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 677–678 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 543–544 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3722–3723 |
| Holocene calendar | 10621 |
| Iranian calendar | 1 BP – -0 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1 BH – -0 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2954 |
| Minguo calendar | 1291 before ROC 民前1291年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1164 |
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Year 621 (DCXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 621 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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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] Births
- Ardashir III, King of Persia
[edit] Deaths
- Sisebut, Visigothic King of Hispania
- Reccared II, Visigothic King of Hispania
- Dou Jiande, warlord and opponent of Li Yuan
- Wang Shichong, warlord and opponent of Li Yuan
- Dou Kang, Chinese general and briefly a chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Xiao Xi
- Zhu Can
