Editing 635

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[[File:Lindisfarne Abbey and St Marys.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|Ruins of [[Lindisfarne#Lindisfarne Priory|Lindisfarne Abbey]] founded by [[Aidan of Lindisfarne|Aidan]]]]
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Year '''635''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 635 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]] makes an [[Military alliance|alliance]] with [[Kubrat]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of [[Old Great Bulgaria|Great Bulgaria]], to break the power of the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] on the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]].

==== Europe ====
* [[Saint Judicaël|Judicaël]], [[high king]] of [[Domnonée]] ([[Brittany]]), visits [[Kings of the Franks|King]] [[Dagobert I]] at his palace in [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]] (northwest of Paris), to promise he will remain under [[Francia|Frankish]] lordship. The [[Breton people|Breton]] king arrives with gifts, but insults Dagobert by refusing to eat at the royal table.<ref>{{cite book |first=Julia M. H. |last=Smith |date=1992 |pages=19, 21 |title=Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians |url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=sUzJl8I-S0EC |page=19}} |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-03030-4}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Meurig ap Tewdrig|Meurig]] of [[Glywysing]] and [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] invades [[Ergyng]] ([[Archenfield]]), and reunites the two Welsh kingdoms (approximate date).
* King [[Gartnait III of the Picts|Gartnait III]] dies after a 4-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother [[Bridei II of the Picts|Bridei II]], as ruler of the [[Picts]].

==== Arabia ====
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Battle of Fahl]]: The [[Rashidun army]], (30,000 men) under [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]] (known as the "Drawn Sword of [[Allah|God]]"), defeats the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces led by [[Theodore Trithyrius]], at [[Pella, Jordan|Pella]] in the [[Jordan River|Jordan Valley]] ([[Jordan]]).
* [[Gaza City|Gaza]] is conquered by the Muslim Arabs under [['Amr ibn al-'As]]. It becomes the first city in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] developed into a centre of [[Fiqh|Islamic law]].

=== By topic === 

==== Literature ====
* [[Yao Silian]], Chinese [[Chinese historiography|historian]], completes his ''[[Book of Liang]]''. It contains the history of the [[Liang dynasty]].

==== Religion ====
* Christian missionaries arrive in China: [[Alopen]], bishop of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]], preaches [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]] Christianity in the [[Tang dynasty]] capital, [[Chang'an]]. 
* [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]], Irish [[missionary]], founds the [[monastery]] of [[Lindisfarne]] in [[Northumbria]] (northern England).
* [[Birinus]], Frankish missionary, converts King [[Cynegils of Wessex]] and becomes the first [[Bishop of Winchester|Bishop of Dorchester]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Pope Benedict II|Benedict II]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (d. [[685]])
* [[Pope John V|John V]], pope of the Catholic Church (d. [[686]]) 
* [[Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (d. [[702]])
* [[Pepin of Herstal]], [[Mayor of the Palace]] (approximate date)
* [[Yijing (monk)|Yijing]], Chinese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] and traveler (d. [[713]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Gao zu]], emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[566]])
* [[Chen Shuda]], prince and chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty]]
* [[Gartnait III]], king of the [[Picts]]
* [[Wu Shihuo]], father of [[Wu Zetian]] (b. [[559]])

== References ==
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