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Events

By Place

Europe

* The Edict of Paris grants extensive rights to the Frankish nobility.
* Pippin of Landen becomes Mayor of the Austrasian Palace.
* Edwin of Northumbria takes refuge in East Anglia; he marries Cwenburga, daughter of Cearl of Mercia.

Asia

* The Turks invade China.
* The Sassanid Empire under Chosroes II sacks Jerusalem, taking away the relic of the True Cross. [Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.]

The Americas

* Sak K'uk' is succeeded by Pacal the Great as ruler of Palenque.

By Topic

Religion

* October 19 - Pope Adeodatus I (also known as Deusdedit) succeeds Pope Boniface IV as the 68th pope.
* Muslims begin to emigrate to Abyssinia.

Births

* Buyeo Yung, prince of Baekje
* Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad who founded Islam
* Li Jingxuan

Deaths

* November 21 — Saint Columbanus, monastic founder
* Pybba of Mercia (possible date)

References