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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Priscus (magister militum)|Priscus]], commander-in-chief in [[Diocese of Thrace|Thrace]], defeats the [[Slaves|Slavic tribes]] and [[Gepids]] on [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] territory south of the [[Danube]]. He crosses the river to fight in the uncharted [[swamp]]s and [[forest]]s of modern-day [[Wallachia]].
* Autumn &ndash; Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] orders Priscus to spend the winter with his troops on the northern Danube bank, but he disobeys the emperor's order and retreats to the port city of Odessus ([[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]) on the [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast|Black Sea Coast]].

==== Britain ====
* [[Æthelfrith of Northumbria]] succeeds [[Hussa of Bernicia|Hussa]] as king of [[Bernicia]] ([[Scotland]]). His accession possibly involves dynastic rivalry and the [[exile]] of Hussa's relatives.<ref name="Ziegler">Michelle Ziegler, "[https://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/2/ha2pen.htm The Politics of Exile in Early Northumbria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110054848/http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/2/ha2pen.htm |date=January 10, 2011 }}", ''The Heroic Age'', Issue 2, Autumn/Winter 1999</ref> 
* [[Pybba of Mercia|Pybba]] succeeds his father [[Creoda of Mercia|Creoda]] as king of [[Mercia]] (approximate date).

==== Persia ====
* The [[Iran|Persian]] usurper [[Hormizd V]] (who rises temporarily to power) is defeated by King [[Khosrau II]].

==== Asia ====
* Empress [[Empress Suiko|Suiko]] begins a long reign during a pivotal period, in which [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhism]] influences the development and [[culture of Japan]]. She is the first female ruler and the first to receive official recognition from [[China]].
* Suiko appoints her 21-year-old nephew [[Prince Shōtoku|Shōtoku]] as [[Regency (government)|regent]], with strongman [[Soga no Umako|Umako Soga]]. He holds shared power for nearly 30 years, creating the nation's first constitution ([[Seventeen-article constitution]]).