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Events
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Byzantine Empire
- Peter (Byzantine General) defeats the Eurasian Avars.
Europe
By Topic
Arts and Sciences
- The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of Ethelbert.
- The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.
Religion
- The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work.
Births
- Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy
- Hongren, a Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674)
- Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)
- Empress Zhangsun
Deaths
- Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales
- Reccared, King of the Visigoths
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