629
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This article is about the year 629. For the number (and other uses), see 629 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 590s 600s 610s – 620s – 630s 640s 650s |
| Years: | 626 627 628 – 629 – 630 631 632 |
| 629 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 629 DCXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1382 |
| Armenian calendar | 78 ԹՎ ՀԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5379 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1215–-1214 |
| Bengali calendar | 36 |
| Berber calendar | 1579 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1173 |
| Burmese calendar | -9 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6137–6138 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年十二月初二日 (3265/3325-12-2) — to —
己丑年十二月十二日(3266/3326-12-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 345–346 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 621–622 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4389–4390 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 685–686 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 551–552 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3730–3731 |
| Holocene calendar | 10629 |
| Iranian calendar | 7–8 |
| Islamic calendar | 7–8 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2962 |
| Minguo calendar | 1283 before ROC 民前1283年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1172 |
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Year 629 (DCXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 629 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.
[edit] Events
[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.
[edit] America
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Clotaire II, king of the Franks
- Connad Cerr, king of Dál Riata
- Pei Ji, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 570)
- Kinana ibn al-Rabi, Jewish leader in Khaybar, executed by Muhammad.
