Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• Peter (Byzantine General) defeats the Eurasian Avars.

Europe

• Liuva II succeeds his brother Reccared as King of the Visigoths.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

• The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of Ethelbert.^{citation needed}
• The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.

Religion

• The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work.

Births

• Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy
• Hongren, a Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674)
• Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648)
• Empress Zhangsun

Deaths

• Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales
• Reccared, King of the Visigoths