Editing 621

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[[File:23-SISEBUTO.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Sisebut]] of the [[Visigoths]] (ca. 565–621)]]
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Year '''621''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 621 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== 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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== Births ==
* [[Ardashir III]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] (d. [[629]])
* [[Gertrude of Nivelles]], Frankish [[abbess]] (d. [[659]])
* [[Suraqah al-Bariqi]], Arab [[poet]] (d. [[698]])

== Deaths ==
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Malo (saint)|Malo]], Welsh [[bishop]] 
* [[Dou Jiande]], general of the [[Sui dynasty]] (b. [[573]])
* [[Dou Kang]], general of the Sui dynasty
* [[Reccared II]], king of the [[Visigoths]]
* [[Sisebut]], king of the Visigoths
* [[Wang Shichong]], general of the Sui dynasty
* [[Xiao Xian]], prince of the [[Liang dynasty]] (b. [[583]])
* [[Zhu Can]], rebel leader during the Sui dynasty

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* <!--Fine 1991-->{{The Early Medieval Balkans}}
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