Editing 619

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Year '''619''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 619 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628#Egypt|Byzantine–Sasanian War]]: The besieged city of [[Alexandria]] is captured by the Persians. [[Nicetas (cousin of Heraclius)|Nicetas]], cousin of Emperor [[Heraclius]], and [[Chalcedonian Christianity|Chalcedonian]] patriarch, [[John the Merciful|John V]], flee to [[Cyprus]].{{sfn|Frye|1983|p=169}} King [[Khosrow II]] extends his rule southwards along the [[Nile]].{{sfn|Greatrex|Lieu|2002|p=196}}
* Heraclius prepares to leave [[Constantinople]] and moves the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] capital to [[Carthage]], but is convinced to stay by [[Sergius I of Constantinople|Sergius I]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]]. He begins to rebuild the [[Byzantine army]] with the aid of funds from church treasures.{{sfn|Greatrex|Lieu|2002|p=198}}
* The [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]] attack the outskirts of Constantinople. Numerous [[Slavs|Slavic]] tribes rebel against Avar overlordship; they carve out their own sovereign territory in [[Moravia]] and [[Lower Austria]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The Meccan boycott of the Hashemites and Muhammad ends.
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Tang campaigns against the Western Turks]]: A [[khagan]] of the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]] is assassinated in a Chinese palace by [[Göktürks#Eastern Turkic Khaganate|Eastern Turkic]] rivals, with the approval of [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]].

=== By topic ===
==== Arts and sciences ====
* The calculation of the [[Chinese calendar]] begins to use true motions of the sun and moon, modeled using two offset opposing [[parabola]]s.
* Construction begins on the earliest known [[tide mill]], [[Nendrum Monastery mill]] in the north of Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McErlean|first1=Thomas|last2=Crothers|first2=Norman|title=Harnessing the Tides: The Early Medieval Tide Mills at Nendrum Monastery, Strangford Lough|year=2007|publisher=The Stationery Office|location=Norwich|isbn=978-0-337-08877-3}}</ref>
* The Chinese begin using large [[orchestra]]s.

==== Religion ====
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface V]] succeeds [[Pope Adeodatus I|Adeodatus I]] as the 69th pope of Rome.
* [[Muhammad]]'s wife, [[Khadija bint Khuwaylid|Khadija]], dies after 24 years of marriage in the [[Year of Sorrow]]. 
* [[Kubrat]], ruler of the [[Bulgars]], is [[Baptism|baptised]] in Constantinople.
* [[Mellitus]] becomes [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Abd Allah ibn Abbas]], cousin of [[Muhammad]] (d. [[687]])
* [[Disibod]], Irish [[monk]] and hermit (d. [[700]])
* [[Li Chengqian]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[645]])
* [[Li Ke]], prince of the Tang dynasty (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Lawrence of Canterbury|Laurence]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bellenger |first1=Dominic Aidan |last2=Fletcher |first2=Stella |title=The Mitre and the Crown: A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury |date=17 February 2005 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-9495-1 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Yang You]], emperor of the [[Sui dynasty]] (b. [[605]])
* [[Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib]], uncle of Muhammad (b. [[549]])
* [[Ŭlchi Mundŏk]], military leader of [[Goguryeo]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]])
* [[Heshana Khan]], ruler of the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]]
* [[John Moschus]], Byzantine [[monk]] and [[Asceticism|ascetical writer]]
* [[John the Merciful]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] (approximate date)
* [[Khadija bint Khuwaylid]], wife of Muhammad 
* [[Li Gui (warlord)|Li Gui]], emperor of the short-lived state Liang
* [[Li Mi (Sui dynasty)|Li Mi]], rebel leader during the Sui dynasty (b. [[582]])
* [[Liu Wenjing]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[568]])
* [[Yang Tong]], emperor of the Sui dynasty (b. 605)
* [[Yuwen Huaji]], general of the Sui dynasty

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last1=Frye |first1=R. N. |author-link=Richard N. Frye |date=1983 |page=169 |chapter=The political history of Iran under the Sasanians |editor1-last=Yarshater |editor1-first=Ehsan |editor1-link=Ehsan Yarshater |editor2-last=Fisher |editor2-first=William Bayne |editor3-last=Gershevitch |editor3-first=Ilya |editor3-link=Ilya Gershevitch |series=The Cambridge History of Iran |title=The Selucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods |volume=3 part 1 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ko_RafMSGLkC&q=Cyprus |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-20092-9}}
* {{cite book |last1=Greatrex |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Lieu |first2=Samuel N. C. |year=2002 |title=The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363–630 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-46530-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zoZIxpQ8A2IC&pg=PR3}} Date range in the title as printed, also appears in searches as 363–628.


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