The
Khazar Khaganate extends from the
Dnieper to the
Caspian Sea, and establishes the city,
Itil, as its capital on the shore of the Caspian. Northward it extends to the headwaters of the
Volga. Their rulers accept the
Jewish religion, apparently to assert their independence from both
Muslims and
Christians (approximate date).
King
Oswiu of
Bernicia seeks Irish support against the forces of Penda. While in
Ireland he has a liaison with
Fín, the granddaughter of King
Colmán Rímid Uí Néill (approximate date).
King
Cloten of Dyfed (Southern
Wales) marries Princess Ceindrech of
Brycheiniog, and unites the two kingdoms (approximate date).
Asia
The first Chinese
paper money is issued,[1] yet these banknotes will not become government-issued until the
Song Dynasty era
Sichuan province issues them in the year
1024, with the central government of
China following suit in the 12th century.
Emperor
Kōtoku is presented a white
pheasant; he is pleased and begins a new
Japanese era name (nengō) to be called
Hakuchi, meaning 'The White Pheasant'.
Americas
Earliest confirmed date of habitation in the area around what is now
Bluff, Utah by humans.[2]
Jamaica is settled by the Ostinoid people, ancestors of the
Taíno. They were farmers, potters, and villagers with socially complex societies. These people lived near the coast and extensively hunted turtles and fish.[3]
Oceania
According to legend, the Polynesian traveller
Ui-te-Rangiora sailed south into the
Southern Ocean where they sighted ice floes and icebergs, eventually naming the area Te tai-uka-a-pia.
The panel of the
Tamamushi Shrine, the so called "Hungry Tigress Jataka", is made during the
Asuka period (
Japan). It is now kept at
Horyu-ji Treasure House (approximate date).
King
Oswiu of Bernicia declares war on his rival, King
Oswine of Deira. Oswine refuses to engage him in battle, and retreats to
Gilling (
North Yorkshire). Oswine is betrayed by a friend, and murdered by Oswiu's soldiers.
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.
The registers of population are prepared in
Japan. Fifty houses are made a township, and for each township there is appointed an elder. The houses are all associated in groups of five for mutual protection, with one elder to supervise them one with another. This system prevails until the era of
World War II.
King
Rodoald is murdered after a six-month reign, and is succeeded by
Aripert I, who is elected as king of the
Lombards. He spreads
Catholicism over the Lombard
realm and builds many new
churches through the kingdom.
Prince
Tenji of
Japan changes his residence to
Asuka (
Nara Prefecture), with other imperial family members and ministers. Only Emperor Kōtoku stays in the
Naniwa Palace (approximate date).
Oswiu becomes overlord (bretwalda) over much of Great Britain. He establishes himself as
king of Mercia, setting up his son-in-law, Penda's son
Peada, as a subject king over
Middle Anglia.
Asia
Empress Kōgyoku re-ascends to the throne of Japan, beginning a new reign as Saimei-tennō.
First Islamic Civil War: An armed revolt erupts in
Egypt; several
Muslim sympathisers travel to
Medina to rally support, beginning the fitna (literally meaning the 'trail of faith'). The
Muslim expansion comes to a halt as the martial energies of the
Islamic forces are directed inwards.[17]
December 8 –
Battle of the Camel: Rebel
Arabs under
Aisha (widow of Muhammad) begin a revolt against Ali. They are defeated at
Basra, and Aisha is exiled to Medina. During the battle 10,000 people lose their lives, with each party bearing equal loss.[19]
Empress
Saimei of
Japan builds a new palace at
Asuka (
Nara Prefecture), because her former
residence caught fire. This construction is called the "Mad Canal" by the people of that day, wasting the labor of tens of thousand workers and a large amount of money.
Clovis II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son
Chlothar III, age 5, who becomes king of Neustria and
Burgundy, under the
regency of his mother
Balthild.
Gao Zong commissions the
pharmacology publication of an official
materia medica, documenting the use of 833 different substances for
medicinal purposes.
A revolt led by three Mercian noblemen (Immin, Eata, and Eadberht) installs
Wulfhere (son of king
Penda) as ruler of
Mercia, and drives out the supporters of King
Oswiu of Northumbria.[21]
Asia
The Chinese
Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You recreate several
south-pointing chariots, for the Japanese prince
Tenji. This is a 3rd-century device made by
Ma Jun, and acts as a mechanical-driven directional-
compass vehicle (according to the Nihon Shoki).
A Japanese
embassy is sent to the
Chinese Empire, and received in an
audience by Emperor
Gao Zong. The
Tang dynasty is determined in the next year to take administrative measures in regard to
Japan. The envoys are detained.
^Atkinson, Lesley-Gail (2006).
"Introduction". The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno. Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. p. 3.
ISBN978-976-640-149-8.
^Muir 1898, p. 206, Chapter XXVIII, "Caliphate of Othman".
^Manning, P. (1990). Slavery and African life: occidental, oriental, and African slave trades. Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. p. 28-29
^For the terms of this treaty see Kaegi, Walter (1992). "Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 196–197.
ISBN05214-8455-3
^Kirby 2000, chapter 5, "The northern Anglian hegemony", section "The reign of Oswald".
The
Khazar Khaganate extends from the
Dnieper to the
Caspian Sea, and establishes the city,
Itil, as its capital on the shore of the Caspian. Northward it extends to the headwaters of the
Volga. Their rulers accept the
Jewish religion, apparently to assert their independence from both
Muslims and
Christians (approximate date).
King
Oswiu of
Bernicia seeks Irish support against the forces of Penda. While in
Ireland he has a liaison with
Fín, the granddaughter of King
Colmán Rímid Uí Néill (approximate date).
King
Cloten of Dyfed (Southern
Wales) marries Princess Ceindrech of
Brycheiniog, and unites the two kingdoms (approximate date).
Asia
The first Chinese
paper money is issued,[1] yet these banknotes will not become government-issued until the
Song Dynasty era
Sichuan province issues them in the year
1024, with the central government of
China following suit in the 12th century.
Emperor
Kōtoku is presented a white
pheasant; he is pleased and begins a new
Japanese era name (nengō) to be called
Hakuchi, meaning 'The White Pheasant'.
Americas
Earliest confirmed date of habitation in the area around what is now
Bluff, Utah by humans.[2]
Jamaica is settled by the Ostinoid people, ancestors of the
Taíno. They were farmers, potters, and villagers with socially complex societies. These people lived near the coast and extensively hunted turtles and fish.[3]
Oceania
According to legend, the Polynesian traveller
Ui-te-Rangiora sailed south into the
Southern Ocean where they sighted ice floes and icebergs, eventually naming the area Te tai-uka-a-pia.
The panel of the
Tamamushi Shrine, the so called "Hungry Tigress Jataka", is made during the
Asuka period (
Japan). It is now kept at
Horyu-ji Treasure House (approximate date).
King
Oswiu of Bernicia declares war on his rival, King
Oswine of Deira. Oswine refuses to engage him in battle, and retreats to
Gilling (
North Yorkshire). Oswine is betrayed by a friend, and murdered by Oswiu's soldiers.
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.
The registers of population are prepared in
Japan. Fifty houses are made a township, and for each township there is appointed an elder. The houses are all associated in groups of five for mutual protection, with one elder to supervise them one with another. This system prevails until the era of
World War II.
King
Rodoald is murdered after a six-month reign, and is succeeded by
Aripert I, who is elected as king of the
Lombards. He spreads
Catholicism over the Lombard
realm and builds many new
churches through the kingdom.
Prince
Tenji of
Japan changes his residence to
Asuka (
Nara Prefecture), with other imperial family members and ministers. Only Emperor Kōtoku stays in the
Naniwa Palace (approximate date).
Oswiu becomes overlord (bretwalda) over much of Great Britain. He establishes himself as
king of Mercia, setting up his son-in-law, Penda's son
Peada, as a subject king over
Middle Anglia.
Asia
Empress Kōgyoku re-ascends to the throne of Japan, beginning a new reign as Saimei-tennō.
First Islamic Civil War: An armed revolt erupts in
Egypt; several
Muslim sympathisers travel to
Medina to rally support, beginning the fitna (literally meaning the 'trail of faith'). The
Muslim expansion comes to a halt as the martial energies of the
Islamic forces are directed inwards.[17]
December 8 –
Battle of the Camel: Rebel
Arabs under
Aisha (widow of Muhammad) begin a revolt against Ali. They are defeated at
Basra, and Aisha is exiled to Medina. During the battle 10,000 people lose their lives, with each party bearing equal loss.[19]
Empress
Saimei of
Japan builds a new palace at
Asuka (
Nara Prefecture), because her former
residence caught fire. This construction is called the "Mad Canal" by the people of that day, wasting the labor of tens of thousand workers and a large amount of money.
Clovis II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son
Chlothar III, age 5, who becomes king of Neustria and
Burgundy, under the
regency of his mother
Balthild.
Gao Zong commissions the
pharmacology publication of an official
materia medica, documenting the use of 833 different substances for
medicinal purposes.
A revolt led by three Mercian noblemen (Immin, Eata, and Eadberht) installs
Wulfhere (son of king
Penda) as ruler of
Mercia, and drives out the supporters of King
Oswiu of Northumbria.[21]
Asia
The Chinese
Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You recreate several
south-pointing chariots, for the Japanese prince
Tenji. This is a 3rd-century device made by
Ma Jun, and acts as a mechanical-driven directional-
compass vehicle (according to the Nihon Shoki).
A Japanese
embassy is sent to the
Chinese Empire, and received in an
audience by Emperor
Gao Zong. The
Tang dynasty is determined in the next year to take administrative measures in regard to
Japan. The envoys are detained.
^Atkinson, Lesley-Gail (2006).
"Introduction". The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno. Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. p. 3.
ISBN978-976-640-149-8.
^Muir 1898, p. 206, Chapter XXVIII, "Caliphate of Othman".
^Manning, P. (1990). Slavery and African life: occidental, oriental, and African slave trades. Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. p. 28-29
^For the terms of this treaty see Kaegi, Walter (1992). "Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 196–197.
ISBN05214-8455-3
^Kirby 2000, chapter 5, "The northern Anglian hegemony", section "The reign of Oswald".