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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Heraclius]] concludes a [[peace agreement]] (in exchange for an annual [[tribute]]) with the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] on the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]], giving him a free hand to assemble [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces in [[Asia Minor]], for non-military expenditure against the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]].{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=42}}
* The city of [[Málaga]], in southern Spain in the province of [[Spania]], is conquered by the [[Visigoths]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

==== Europe ====
* King [[Sisebut]] dies after a 9-year reign and is succeeded by his son [[Reccared II]] (just a child).<ref>Roger Collins, "Visigothic Spain 409–711", p. 76</ref> Reccared is placed on the [[throne]] by the [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] nobility, but dies after two months. [[Suintila]], his half-uncle and [[Regency (government)|regent]], becomes  king of the [[Visigothic Kingdom]].

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Gaozu]] delegates control of his military and civil administration in the east to his second son, [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Li Shimin]]. He concentrates on reforming [[Ancient Chinese coinage|coinage]] (→ [[Kaiyuan Tongbao]]) and [[Taxation in premodern China|taxation]].
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hulao]]: Li Shimin defeats the numerically superior army of [[Dou Jiande]] near the [[Hulao Pass]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Wang Shichong]], self-declared emperor, surrenders to Li Shimin at [[Luoyang]] following Dou Jiande's defeat. Gaozu spares his life, but he is later assassinated.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* Islamic tradition says [[Muhammad]] visited heaven aboard the winged mount [[Buraq]], in the ''Isra wal-Miraj'', (the [[Isra and Mi'raj|Night Journey]]), from [[Mecca]] to [[Jerusalem]], then to heaven from Jerusalem's [[Temple Mount]], then back to Mecca.

==== Technology ====
* The Chinese establish an imperial bureau for the manufacture of [[Chinese ceramics|porcelain]]. Their [[technology]] will advance further under the [[Tang dynasty]] (approximate date).
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