Editing 651

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Year '''651''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 651 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 ===
==== Europe ====
* King [[Clovis II]] of [[Neustria]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] marries [[Balthild]], said to be an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] aristocrat sold into [[slavery]] in [[Gaul]]. She has been owned by Clovis' [[mayor of the palace]], [[Erchinoald]], who gives her to him to garner royal favour (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Oswiu]] of Bernicia declares war on his rival, King [[Oswine of Deira]]. Oswine refuses to engage him in battle, and retreats to [[Gilling East|Gilling]] ([[North Yorkshire]]). Oswine is betrayed by a friend, and murdered by Oswiu's soldiers. 
* [[Œthelwald of Deira|Œthelwald]] succeeds his uncle Oswine as king of [[Deira]], and allies himself with Oswiu's enemy, King [[Penda of Mercia]]. Queen [[Eanflæd]] of [[Bernicia]] donates the estate of Gilling for the foundation of a [[monastery]].

==== Persia ====
* King [[Yazdegerd III]] of [[Iran|Persia]] is murdered in a [[Watermill|mill]]er's hut near [[Merv]] by his followers, ending both Persian resistance to [[Arab people|Arab]] conquest, and the [[Sassanid Empire]].

==== Arabian Caliphate ====
* The [[Rashidun army]] under [[Abdullah ibn Aamir]] invades [[Afghanistan]], and captures the main forts in [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]] (modern [[Iran]]). The [[Muslim]] Arabs occupy the cities of [[Balkh]] and [[Herat]], which surrender peacefully.
* An [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] led by [[Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas]] arrives in the capital [[Chang'an]] via an oversea route. They are greeted by Emperor [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gao Zong]], who orders the establishment of the first Chinese [[mosque]].
* The [[Quran]] is compiled by Caliph [[Uthman ibn Affan]] in its modern-day form. The text becomes the model from which copies are made and promulgated throughout the urban centers of the Arab world.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Hôtel-Dieu de Paris]] is founded by bishop [[Landry of Paris|Landry]] (Landericus). It becomes the first major [[hospital]] in [[Paris]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==

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== Deaths ==
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Oswine of Deira|Oswine]], king of [[Deira]] ([[Northern England|England]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Aidan of Lindisfarne|Aidan]], Irish-born bishop of [[Lindisfarne]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Aidan {{!}} bishop of Lindisfarne |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Aidan |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Braulio of Zaragoza|Braulio]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza|bishop of Zaragoza]] (b. [[590]]) 
* [[Dayi Daoxin]], [[Chinese Chán|Chán]] Buddhist [[patriarch]] (b. [[580]])
* [[Grasulf II of Friuli|Grasulf II]], duke of [[Friuli]] (approximate date)
* [[Radoald of Benevento|Radoald]], duke of [[Benevento]] ([[Southern Italy|Italy]])
* [[Yazdegerd III of Persia|Yazdegard III]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire]]
* [[Apranik]], Sasanian female military commander.

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