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

==== Europe ====
* King [[Rothari]] dies after a 16-year reign, and is succeeded by his son [[Rodoald]] as king of the [[Lombards]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Penda of Mercia]] invades [[Bernicia]], and besieges King [[Oswiu of Northumbria|Oswiu]] at [[Bamburgh]], in [[North East England]].

==== Arab Empire ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars|Arab–Byzantine War]]: An Arab fleet under [[Abdullah ibn Saad|Abdullah ibn Sa'ad]] defeats the [[Byzantine fleet]] (500 ships) off the coast of [[Alexandria]].{{sfn|Muir|1898|loc=Chapter&nbsp;XXVIII, "Caliphate of Othman"|p=206}}
* [[Second Battle of Dongola|Siege of Dongola]]: A [[Rashidun Caliphate|Rashidun]] army (5,000 men) under Abdullah ibn Sa'ad besieges [[Dongola]] in the [[Kingdom of Makuria]] (modern [[Sudan]]).
* [[Uthman ibn Affan]] establishes a [[treaty]] (the [[Baqt]]) between the Christian [[Nubia]]ns and the [[Muslim]]s in [[Egypt]], that lasts for six centuries,<ref>{{cite book |last=Jennings |first=Anne M. |date=1995 |page=26 |title=The Nubians of West Aswan: Village Women in the Midst of Change |publisher=Lynne Reinner |isbn=1-55587-592-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8tHR1A4qjYwC&q=six+centuries}}</ref> including the tribute of 400 slaves annually.<ref>Manning, P. (1990). Slavery and African life: occidental, oriental, and African slave trades. Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. p. 28-29</ref>
* [[Abdur Rahman bin Awf|Abdel al Rahman ibn Awf]], companion (''[[sahabah]]'') of [[Muhammad]], frees 30,000 [[Slavery|slaves]] at his death (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The registers of population are prepared in [[Japan]]. Fifty houses are made a township, and for each township there is appointed an elder. The houses are all associated in groups of five for mutual protection, with one elder to supervise them one with another. This system prevails until the era of [[World War II]].
* The [[Giant Wild Goose Pagoda]] is constructed in [[Chang'an]] (modern [[Xi'an]]), during the [[Tang dynasty]] ([[China]]). It is completed in the same year, during the reign of Emperor [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gao Zong]].</onlyinclude>