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==== Religion ====
* [[Muhammad]], Islamic prophet, begins at 40 years old to preach a religion which will be called [[Islam]]. According to Islamic teachings, the angel [[Gabriel]] appears to him in a cave on [[Mount Hira]] near [[Mecca]] ([[Saudi Arabia]]) and calls him: "The [[Prophets in Islam|Prophet of Allah]]". Muhammad gathers followers, reciting to them the first verses of Qur'an(Iqra), thus beginning the [[Muhammad's first revelation|revelation]] of the [[Quran|Qur'an]].<ref>''Essential Histories: The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750'' (2009), David Nicolle, p.&nbsp;22. {{ISBN|978-1-84603-273-8}}</ref> 
* [[Pope Boniface IV]] presides over a Council of Rome for the restoration of [[Monasticism|monastic]] discipline. Attendees include [[Mellitus]], first [[bishop of London]].<ref>Brooks "Mellitus (d. 624)". ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''</ref>
* [[Columbanus]] and [[Saint Gall|Gallus]] begin their [[missionary]] work in [[Bregenz]], near [[Lake Constance]] (Switzerland).<ref>Edmonds, Columba (1908) "St. Columbanus". ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 15 January 2013</ref>
* [[John the Merciful|John V]] (the Merciful) becomes [[List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria|patriarch of Alexandria]] (approximate date).</onlyinclude>