638
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This article is about the year 638. For the number (and other uses), see 638 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 600s 610s 620s – 630s – 640s 650s 660s |
| Years: | 635 636 637 – 638 – 639 640 641 |
| 638 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 638 DCXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1391 |
| Armenian calendar | 87 ԹՎ ՁԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5388 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1206–-1205 |
| Bengali calendar | 45 |
| Berber calendar | 1588 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1182 |
| Burmese calendar | 0 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6146–6147 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年十二月十一日 (3274/3334-12-11) — to —
戊戌年十一月廿一日(3275/3335-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 354–355 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 630–631 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4398–4399 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 694–695 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 560–561 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3739–3740 |
| Holocene calendar | 10638 |
| Iranian calendar | 16–17 |
| Islamic calendar | 16–17 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 638 DCXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 2971 |
| Minguo calendar | 1274 before ROC 民前1274年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1181 |
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Year 638 (DCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 638 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] Asia
- In Central Asia, Emperor Taizong's campaign against Tufan results in the marriage alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetan Empire, as the Chinese Princess Wencheng is wed to Tibetan ruler Songtsän Gampo.
- Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari establishes Hafar Al-Batin City while digging out new wells.
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[edit] Arts and sciences
- The Islamic calendar is introduced.
- Year 0 of the Burmese calendar, based on Chulasakarat.
[edit] Births
- Huineng, Chinese Zen Buddhist Patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 713)
