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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Arabia ====
* [[March 18]] (approximate) &ndash; [[Muhammad]] makes his [[The event of Ghadir Khumm|final sermon to the Muslims]].   It is believed by [[Shia]] to be the appointment of [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] as his successor. The [[Imamah (Shia doctrine)]] of [[Shia view of Ali|Ali Ibn Abi Talib]], for the religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah, begins.
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Muhammad]] dies at [[Medina]] at the age of 62, after an illness and fever.
* [[June]] &ndash; [[Abu Bakr]] (born ''Abdallah ibn Uthman ibn Amir'', better known by his Islamic [[laqab]] ''Al-Siddiq'') becomes the Caliph.
* [[June]] &ndash; The first caliph, [[Abu Bakr]], sends [[Expedition of Usama bin Zayd|an expedition to Balqa]], [[Eastern Roman Empire|Byzantine Empire]], led by [[Usama ibn Zayd]]. This expedition is sent based on Muhammad's decision before his death.<ref>{{cite web|last=Razwy|first=Sayyid Ali Ashgar|title=A Restatement of History of Islam and Muslim: Usama's Expedition|url=https://www.al-islam.org/restatement-history-islam-and-muslims-sayyid-ali-asghar-razwy/usamas-expedition|website=al-islam.org|date=November 10, 2013 |access-date=2023-04-20}}</ref>
* [[Ridda Wars]]: Abu Bakr launches a series of military campaigns against rebel [[Tribes of Arabia|Arabian tribe]]s, to re-establish the power of the [[Rashidun|Rightly Guided Caliphs]], and to secure Muhammad's legacy.
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Battle of Buzakha]]: An Islamic column (6,000 men) under [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]] defeats the [[Apostasy|Apostate]] rebels under [[Tulayha]], near [[Ha'il]] ([[Saudi Arabia]]).   
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Battle of Yamama|Battle of Aqraba]]: The Muslim forces of Abu Bakr defeat the Apostate rebels (40,000 men) under [[Musaylimah]], on the plain of [[Al-Yamama|Aqraba]].

==== Europe ====
* [[April 8]] &ndash; King [[Charibert II]] is [[Assassination|assassinated]] at [[Blaye]] ([[Gironde]]), (possibly on orders of his half-brother [[Dagobert I]]), along with his infant son. [[Dagobert I]] claims [[Aquitaine]] and [[Gascony]], becoming the most powerful [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] king in the West. 
* Part of [[Samo]]'s rebellion, [[Alciocus]] leads 9,000 Bulgars from Pannonia to refuge with [[Dagobert]] (who massacres them), then, with 700 survivors, settles with the [[Wends]], under the protection of Walluc.
* [[Kubrat]], ruler of the [[Dulo clan]],<ref>[[Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans]]</ref> takes power from the [[Pannonian Avars]] and establishes [[Old Great Bulgaria]] in the area of Black Cumania. Kubrat's rule stretches from [[Dacia]] to [[Poltava]].

==== Persia ====
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Yazdegerd III]], age 8, ascends to the [[throne]] as king (''[[shah]]'') of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]. He becomes the last ruler of the [[Sassanid family tree|Sassanid Dynasty]] (modern [[Iran]]).

==== Asia ====
* [[January 27]] &ndash; An [[annular eclipse]] of the [[sun]] occurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhistory/SEhistory.html|title=NASA - Solar Eclipses of History|first=F.|last=Espenak|website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref>
* [[Queen Seondeok of Silla|Seondeok]] is crowned queen of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref>

==== Armenia ====
* The [[632 Armenia earthquake]] affects the region of the [[Armenian Highlands]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Guidoboni |first1=Emanuela |last2=Traina |first2=Giusto |year=1995 |title=A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century |journal=Annals of Geophysics |volume=38 |issue=1 |doi=10.4401/ag-4134 |url=https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4134|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[March 6]] (Friday, 9 Zulhijja, 10 AH) &ndash; The [[Farewell Sermon]] (''Khuṭbatu l-Wadāʿ'') is delivered by  [[Muhammad]], Islamic [[prophet]], in the Uranah valley of [[Mount Arafat]], to the [[Muslim]]s who have accompanied him for the ''[[Hajj]]'' (pilgrimage).
* [[June 8]] &ndash; Muhammad dies in [[Medina]], at the age of 62, and is succeeded by [[Abu Bakr]] who becomes the first [[caliph]] (vicegerent of the messenger of [[Allah|God]]). He establishes the [[Rashidun Caliphate]] until [[661]].
* [[Xuanzang]], Chinese traveler, writes about two huge [[Buddhas of Bamiyan|statues of Buddha]] carved out of a mountainside in the [[Bamyan Province|Bamiyan Valley]] ([[Afghanistan]]).</onlyinclude>