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Events

By Place

Europe

• Tauric Chersonesus is besieged by the Gokturks.

Asia

• The Sui Dynasty replaces the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the last of the Northern Dynasties in China. First ruler of the Sui Dynasty is Sui Wen Di.
• The "Great City of Helu" is renamed Suzhou under the Sui dynasty in China.

Births

• Umar ibn al-Khattab, Muslim caliph (approximate date)
• Yan Shigu

Deaths

• Taspar Khan, Qağan of the Göktürks
• Feng Xiaolian
• Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou

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