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• The Palace of Diocletian is damaged by the Avars, who sack nearby Salona. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends The Sui Dynasty unites China for the first time since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty in 311. Events and Trends 590, Pope Gregory I succeeds Pope Pelagius II as the 64th pope Events and Trends 610, Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas Events and Trends 627 — The Roman-Persian Wars end 622 — Year one of the Islamic calendar begins during which Events and Trends 630 — Serbs and Croats settle the Balkans in the provinces of Moesia, Pannonia and Events and Trends 640 — Occupation of Egypt and Syria by followers of Muhammad 642 — Conquest This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century For the telephone number 611 see 6-1-1. Births Deaths Ceolwulf of Wessex Map-bms611 Events By Place Europe Sisebut succeeds Gundemar as king of the Visigoths. Events By Place Europe Clotaire II reunites the Frankish kingdoms by ordering the murder of Sigebert II. Events By Place Europe The Edict of Paris grants extensive rights to the Frankish nobility Events By Place Europe Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent. Events By Place Europe Heathens revolt in Kent under king Eadbald. 613 state leaders - Events of 614 - 615 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Africa America Asia The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Diocletian's Palace ( Dioklecijanova palača in Croatian) is a building in Split in Croatia that was built by the emperor Diocletian Salona was an ancient Illyrian Delmati city in the first millennium BC.
• Cynegils of Wessex invades Dumnonia (now known as Devon). Cynegils (died c 642 was an Anglo-Saxon king of the West Saxons in the early 7th century For the Brythonic colony of the same name in Brittany see Domnonée Dumnonia, sometimes referred to as Damnolia, was a Brythonic Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name

Asia

• The Persian Empire under general Shahrbaraz captures and sacks Jerusalem; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is damaged by fire and the True Cross is captured. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Shahrbaraz (or Shahrwaraz) (died June 9, 630) was a general with the rank of Eran Spahbod ( Commander of the Army of Iran) under Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Sanctum Sepulchrum also called the Church of the Resurrection, ( Greek: Ναός της Αναστάσεως Naos tis Anastaseos The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which by a Christian tradition are believed to be from the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified
• The Persians destroy the Ghassanid kingdom.

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• The Sudarium of Oviedo is taken from Jerusalem. The Sudarium of Oviedo, or Shroud of Oviedo, is a bloodstained cloth measuring c

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• Li Yifu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (died 666)
• Xue Rengui

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