632

632 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	632; DCXXXII
Ab urbe condita	1385
Armenian calendar	81; ԹՎ ՁԱ
Assyrian calendar	5382
Balinese saka calendar	553–554
Bengali calendar	39
Berber calendar	1582
Buddhist calendar	1176
Burmese calendar	−6
Byzantine calendar	6140–6141
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit); 3329 or 3122; — to —; 壬辰年 (Water Dragon); 3330 or 3123
Coptic calendar	348–349
Discordian calendar	1798
Ethiopian calendar	624–625
Hebrew calendar	4392–4393
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	688–689
- Shaka Samvat	553–554
- Kali Yuga	3732–3733
Holocene calendar	10632
Iranian calendar	10–11
Islamic calendar	10–11
Japanese calendar	N/A
Javanese calendar	522–523
Julian calendar	632; DCXXXII
Korean calendar	2965
Minguo calendar	1280 before ROC; 民前1280年
Nanakshahi calendar	−836
Seleucid era	943/944 AG
Thai solar calendar	1174–1175
Tibetan calendar	阴金兔年; (female Iron-Rabbit); 758 or 377 or −395; — to —; 阳水龙年; (male Water-Dragon); 759 or 378 or −394

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century; 7th century ; 8th century;
Decades:	610s; 620s; 630s ; 640s; 650s;
Years:	629; 630; 631; 632 ; 633; 634; 635;

Year 632 (DCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 632 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.

Events

June 8 – Muhammad dies at Medina at the age of 63, after an illness and fever. According to Shias, he was succeeded by Ali ibn Abi Talib; according to Sunnis, he was succeeded by Abu Bakr.
The Imamah (Shia doctrine) of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, for the religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah, starts.
Ridda Wars: Abu Bakr launches a series of military campaigns against rebel Arabian tribes, to re-establish the power of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and to secure Muhammad's legacy.
September – Battle of Buzakha: An Islamic column (6,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the Apostate rebels under Tulayha, near Ha'il (Saudi Arabia).
December – Battle of Aqraba: The Muslim forces of Abu Bakr defeat the Apostate rebels (40,000 men) under Musaylimah, on the plain of Aqraba.

April 8 – King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye (Gironde), (possibly on orders of his half-brother Dagobert I), along with his infant son. Dagobert I claims Aquitaine and Gascony, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in the West.
Kubrat, ruler of the Dulo clan,^[1] establishes the confederation of Great Bulgaria. He takes power over his tribe, the Utigur Bulgars, and expels the Avars from his lands. Kubrat's rule stretches from the Danube Delta to the Volga River.

June 16 – Yazdegerd III, age 8, ascends to the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sassanid Dynasty (modern Iran).

March 9 – Friday, 9 Zulhijja, 10 AH, The Last Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') is delivered by Muhammad, Islamic prophet, in the Uranah valley of Mount Arafat, to the Muslims who has accompanied him for the Hajj (pilgrimage).
June 8 – Muhammad dies in Medina, at the age of 63, and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph (viceregent of the messenger of God). He establishes the Rashidun Caliphate until 661.
Xuanzang, Chinese traveler, writes about two huge statues of Buddha carved out of a mountainside in the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan).