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==== Europe ====
* [[October 18]] &ndash; King [[Chlothar II]] promulgates the [[Edict of Paris]] (''Edictum Chlotacharii''), a sort of Frankish [[Magna Carta]] that defends the rights of the [[Franks|Frankish]] nobles and the church, and regulates the appointment of [[count]]s (secular officials in charge of [[Court|law courts]], collecting [[tax]]es, and assembling contingents for the army), while it [[Antisemitism|excludes Jews]] from all civil employment in the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>Alan Harding, "Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State", (Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 14</ref><ref>S. Wise Bauer, "The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade", W.W. Norton & Company, 2010), p. 251</ref>
* The [[Diocletian's Palace|Palace of Diocletian]] in [[Split, Croatia|Split]] ([[Croatia]]) is damaged by the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], who sack the nearby city of [[Salona]]. The population flees to the walled palace, which is able to hold out.{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=34}}