634
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This article is about the year 634. For the number (and other uses), see 634 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 600s 610s 620s – 630s – 640s 650s 660s |
| Years: | 631 632 633 – 634 – 635 636 637 |
| 634 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 634 DCXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1387 |
| Armenian calendar | 83 ԹՎ ՁԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5384 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1210–-1209 |
| Bengali calendar | 41 |
| Berber calendar | 1584 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1178 |
| Burmese calendar | -4 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6142–6143 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年十一月廿六日 (3270/3330-11-26) — to —
甲午年十二月初六日(3271/3331-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 350–351 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 626–627 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4394–4395 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 690–691 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 556–557 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3735–3736 |
| Holocene calendar | 10634 |
| Iranian calendar | 12–13 |
| Islamic calendar | 12–13 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2967 |
| Minguo calendar | 1278 before ROC 民前1278年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1177 |
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Year 634 (DCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 634 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] British Isles
- Oswald of Northumbria defeats Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd in the Battle of Heavenfield and reunites Northumbria.
[edit] Asia
- The Rashidun Caliphate starts the Islamic conquest of the Byzantine empire.
- September 20 – Khalid Ibn Walid captures Damascus.
- The Xianbei/Tibetan state of Tuyuhun is invaded by Tang Dynasty China during Emperor Taizong's campaign against Tuyuhun, led by commander Li Jing, resulting in the assassination of their leader (Busabuo Khan Murong Fuyun) in 635 and the dissolving of their state in 672.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Umar ibn al-Khattab succeeds Abu Bakr as Sunni Caliph.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- August 23 – Abu Bakr, first Sunni Caliph
- Cadwallon ap Cadfan, king of Gwynedd
- Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, influential Northumbrian monk.
