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== Deaths ==
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Cyrus of Alexandria]], Patriarch of Alexandria and governor of Egypt
* [[August 5]] or [[641]] &ndash; [[Oswald of Northumbria|Oswald]], king of [[Northumbria]]
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Pope John IV]]
* [[Emma of Austrasia|Emma]], Anglo-Saxon queen
* [[Eowa of Mercia|Eowa]], king of [[Mercia]] ([[The Midlands|English Midlands]])
* [[Domnall Brecc]], king of [[Dál Riata]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |page=5 |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-969305-4}}{{full citation needed|date=July 2021|reason=missing publication date for the version actually used here}}</ref>
* [[Domnall mac Áedo]], high king of Ireland
* [[Flaochad]], [[Mayor of the Palace]] ([[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]])
* [[Heraklonas]], Byzantine emperor (approximate date)
* [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]], Arab general (b. [[592]])
* [[Mardanshah]], Persian general
* [[Nanthild]], Frankish queen
* [[Pulakeshin II]], king of [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukya]] (India)
* [[Willibad]], patrician (of [[duke]]) of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]
* [[Yeongnyu of Goguryeo|Yeongnyu]], king of [[Goguryeo]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]])
* [[Yuwen Shiji]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty#Heads of the Legislative Bureau|chancellor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]]