Events

By Place

Europe

• Battle of Mag Rath: Dál Riata influence in Ulster is greatly reduced or ended.

Asia

• Battle of al-Qādisiyyah: The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sassanid army, eventually taking the Persian capital of Ctesiphon.
• Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Jerusalem.
• Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Aleppo.
• Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Antioch and take control of north-eastern Anatolia.
• Chang'an, capital of China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire.[1]
• Songtsen Gampo builds the first palace on the site of the Potala Palace.

Births

Deaths

• Wen Yanbo, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 575)