Editing 628

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[[File:Aradashiriii.jpg|thumb|right|Coin of king [[Ardashir III]] (c. 621–630)]]
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Year '''628''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 628 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 ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628#End of the war|Byzantine–Sassanid War]]: Emperor [[Heraclius]] issues an [[ultimatum]] for peace to king [[Khosrau II]], but he refuses his generous terms. The war-weary Persians revolt against Khosrau's regime at [[Ctesiphon]] and install his son [[Kavadh II]] to the [[throne]]. He puts his father to death and begins negotiations with Heraclius. Kavadh is forced to return all the territories conquered during the war. The Persians must give up all of the [[Trophy|trophies]] they have captured, including the [[relic]] of the [[True Cross]]. Evidently there is also a large financial [[War reparations|indemnity]]. Having accepted a [[peace agreement]] on his own terms, Heraclius returns in triumph to [[Constantinople]].<ref>Kaegi, Walter Emil (2003), "Heraclius: Emperor of Byzantium", Cambridge University Press, p. 178, 189–190. ISBN 0-521-81459-6</ref>
* [[Third Perso-Turkic War]]: The [[Western Turkic Khaganate|Western Göktürks]] under their leader [[Tong Yabghu Qaghan]] plunder [[Tbilisi]] (modern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]). The Persian defenders are executed or mutilated, Tong Yabghu appoints governors ([[tudun]]s) to manage various tribes under his overlordship.<ref>Christian 283; Artamanov, p. 170–180</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Cirencester]]: King [[Penda of Mercia|Penda]] of [[Mercia]] defeats the [[Wessex|West Saxons]] at [[Cirencester]] ([[South West England]]) in what later will be [[Gloucestershire]]. After reaching an agreement, he takes control of the [[Severn Valley (England)|Severn Valley]] and the minor kingdom of the [[Hwicce]].<ref name=ASC>[http://omacl.org/Aglo/part1.html The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]</ref><ref name=CBH>{{cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 30–34|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>

==== Persia ====
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Khosrau II]], the last great king of the [[Sasanian Empire]], is overthrown by his son [[Kavadh II]].
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Ardashir III]], age 7, succeeds his father Kavadh II as the twenty-fourth king of the [[Sasanian Empire]] on the latter's death from plague.

==== Arabia ====
* [[Muhammad]], Islamic [[Prophets in Islam|prophet]], leads about 1,400 men on a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Mecca]] where their passage is blocked. The [[Quraysh tribe|Quraysh]] tribe and the [[Muslim]] community in [[Medina]] sign a 10 year truce ([[Treaty of Hudaybiyyah]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Arts and sciences ====
* [[Brahmagupta]] writes the ''[[Brahmasphutasiddhanta|Brāmasphuțasiddhānta]]'', an early, yet very advanced, [[Mathematics|math]] book.

==== Education ====
* The ''[[Sharia]]h'' enjoins women as well as men to obtain secular and [[Religion|religious]] educations. It forbids eating [[pork]], domesticated [[donkey]], and other flesh denied to [[Jews]] by [[Mosaic covenant|Mosaic law]] (approximate date).

==== Religion ====
* Muhammad's [[Letter (message)|letter]]s to world leaders explain the principles of the new [[Monotheism|monotheistic]] Muslim faith, as they will be contained in his book, the ''[[Quran]]''.
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== Births ==
* [[Adomnán]], Irish [[abbot]] and [[Hagiography|hagiographer]] (d. [[704]])
* [[Benedict Biscop]], Anglo-Saxon abbot (d. [[690]])
* [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gao Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[683]])
* [[John Maron]], Syriac [[monk]] and [[List of Maronite Patriarchs|patriarch]] (d. [[AD 707|707]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Anastasius of Persia]], monk
* [[Babai the Great]], church father and [[Theology|theologian]]
* [[Du Yan]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]]
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Khosrau II]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Kavadh II]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Liang Shidu]], rebel leader
* [[Li Dashi]], Chinese official and [[historian]] (b. [[570]])
* [[Shirin]], wife of Khosrau II (approximate date)
* [[Suibne Menn]], [[High King of Ireland|High King]] of [[Ireland]]
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Empress Suiko|Suiko]], empress of [[Japan]]
* [[Theodelinda]], queen of the [[Lombards]]
* [[Tong Yabghu Qaghan]], ruler of the [[Göktürks]]

== References ==
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