Events Islamic calendar introduced The Muslims capture Antioch, Caesarea Palaestina and Akko Births Deaths October 12 - Pope Honorius I Categories: 638 ... Events Dagobert I succeeded by Clovis II as king of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy During the Islamic conquest of Persia, Susa is destroyed Births Deaths Pippin I of Landen, father of Gertrude of Nivelles Categories: 639 ... Events May 28 - Severinus becomes pope, but dies the same year. ... Events Founding of the city of Fostat, later Cairo, in Egypt. ... Events Rothari, King of the Lombards, issues the Lombard law code. ... Events Births Deaths Paulinus of York, bishop of Northumbria November: Omar, Second caliph of Islam by assassination. ... Events End of the reign of Empress Kogyoku of Japan Emperor Kotoku ascends to the throne of Japan Byzantines recapture Alexandria from the Arabs Births Empress Jito of Japan Categories: 645 ... Events Byzantines reconquer Alexandria from the Muslims. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 560s - 570s _ 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s Years: 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 Events: Muhammad, founding Prophet of Islam, is forced to migrate from Mecca to Medina Births: Deaths: Categories: 610s... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s Years: 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 Events: 622 - Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Muslim Era. ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s Years: 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 Events: 630 - Serbs and Croats settle the Balkans in the provinces of Moesia, Pannonia and Dalmatia 632 - death of... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 590s - 600s _ 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s Years: 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 Events 640 - Egypt and Syria by followers of Mohammed 642 - Occupation of Persia by followers of Mohammed which... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s Years: 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 Events: Buddhism introduced to Tibet Caliph Othman puts Muhammads teachings (the Quran) into 114 chapters Categories: 650s... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s Years: 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 Events: The Synod of Whitby Categories: 660s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s Years: 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 Events 674-677 - Arab army first besieges Constantinople Categories: 670s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... // Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Syria, Iraq, Persia, North Africa and Central Asia convert to Islam. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...

Events

• August 5 - In the Battle of Maserfield, Penda king of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald, king of Bernicia.
• November 24 - Theodore succeeds John IV as Pope.
• Battle of Nehawand: Arabs conquer Persia.
• Empress Kōgyoku ascends to the throne of Japan.
• Batbayan succeeds Kubrat as ruler of the Bulgars (approximate date).
• Monastic settlement founded in Hampshire, England, which later becomes Winchester Cathedral.
• Yeon Gaesomun seizes power over the Goguryeo kingdom and places King Bojang on the throne.
• Islamic Arabs invade Nubia for the first time (will do it again in 652).

August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... The Battle of Maserfield (or Maserfeld) was fought on August 5, 642, between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia, ending in Oswalds defeat, death, and dismemberment. ... Stained glass window from the cloister of Worcester Cathedral showing the death of Penda of Mercia. ... Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. ... Oswald (c. ... Bernicia (Brythonic, Brynaich or Bryneich) was a kingdom of the Angles in northern England during the 6th and 7th centuries AD. It later merged with the kingdom of Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Theodore I (d. ... The pope is the Catholic Patriarch and Bishop of Rome, and leader of the Catholic Church. ... Nahavand (also spelled Nahawand in some texts) is a town in Hamadan Province in Iran. ... Communications in Iran Iranian Blogs Internet censorship in Iran Iranian Media Persian Transportation in Iran Iranian Newspapers Iranian News Agencies Minorities Ethnic minorities in Iran Religious Minorities Other topics: Sports in Iran Irans nuclear program Iran and weapons of mass destruction Military of Iran Family Planning in Iran Islam... Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇 Kōgyoku Tennō), also Empress Saimei (斉明天皇 Saimei Tennō) (594–661) was the 35th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Khan Asparoukh (681 - 700) THEN CAME ACROSS THE DANUBE Ispenkli Khan. ... Khan Kubrat (632 - 651) THE NAME OF KHAN KUBRAT first appeared in Byzantine chronicles about 632 when his tribe, the Unogonduri, threw off the Turkic oppression. ... Bulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians) - a people of Central Asia, probably originally Pamirian, who became Turkified and later Slavicized over time. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close View along the nave of Winchester Cathedral to the west door Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England. ... Yeon Gaesomun (? - 666), was a Goguryeo general of noble birth. ... Goguryeo (37 BC-668) was an empire in Manchuria and northern Korea. ... King Bojang (?-682, r. ... Islām is described as a dīn, meaning way of life and/or guidance. ... The Arabs ((Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large ethnic group widespread in the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ... Events Khazaria becomes an independent state (approximate date) Rodoald succeeds his father Rothari as king of the Lombards Births Clotaire III, king of the Franks Deaths Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammed, progenitor of the Abbasids Saint Ida of Nivelles, widow of Pippin of Landen, monastic foundress Rothari...

Births

Deaths

• August 5 - Oswald, king of Bernicia and Bretwalda
• October 12 - Pope John IV
• Khalid bin Walid, Muslim general, conqueror of Damascus and Syria
• King Yeongnyu of Goguryeo