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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>By place</h3> <h4>Byzantine Empire</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Byzantine%25E2%2580%2593Sasanian_War_of_602%25E2%2580%2593628/h6tzex2o">Byzantine–Sassanian War</a>: A <a href="/facts/Sasanian_Empire/JvbRevkA">Persian</a> expeditionary force under <a href="/facts/Shahrbaraz/fAavRvTh">Shahrbaraz</a> invades <a href="/facts/Diocese_of_Egypt/jW6p376W">Egypt</a>, and occupies the province. After defeating the <a href="/facts/Byzantine_Empire/njEELXWF">Byzantine</a> garrisons in the <a href="/facts/Nile_Valley/vGoXVUFH">Nile Valley</a>, the Persians march across the <a href="/facts/Libyan_Desert/1te6zWMJ">Libyan Desert</a> as far as <a href="/facts/Cyrene%2c_Libya/bPSt1CR4">Cyrene</a>.</li> <li>The Persians besiege <a href="/facts/Alexandria/hdg1twWA">Alexandria</a>; the defence of the city is led by <a href="/facts/Nicetas_(cousin_of_Heraclius)/dlsx0o9D">Nicetas</a> (cousin of emperor <a href="/facts/Heraclius/Wz4Cw7Wy">Heraclius</a>). The Byzantine resistance is undermined by a <a href="/facts/Blockade/TzW69ybu">blockade</a> of the harbor; the usual <a href="/facts/Cereal/ao2WcFdM">grain</a> supplies are cut off from Egypt to <a href="/facts/Constantinople/fLcY371n">Constantinople</a>.</li></ul> <h4>Asia</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June_18/q2teIc65">June 18</a> – The <a href="/facts/Sui_dynasty/r5Mjp8lj">Sui dynasty</a> ends: Rebel leader <a href="/facts/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang/hYb5nzLr">Li Yuan</a> captures <a href="/facts/Luoyang/wJC8mfXn">Luoyang</a>, and has Emperor <a href="/facts/Emperor_Yang_of_Sui/5cx7o5vF">Yángdi</a> murdered. He proclaims himself emperor Gao Zu and establishes the <a href="/facts/Tang_dynasty/FFhmVfwM">Tang dynasty</a>, one of the most notable <a href="/facts/Dynasties_in_Chinese_history/a19LJP2u">dynasties in Chinese history</a>, which will last for almost 300 years.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_6/kEsfCLXn">October 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Yanshi/mYFE1NsS">Battle of Yanshi</a>: <a href="/facts/Wang_Shichong/82kyzJkl">Wang Shichong</a> decisively defeats <a href="/facts/Li_Mi_(Sui_dynasty)/8SJPCV08">Li Mi</a>, during the <a href="/facts/Transition_from_Sui_to_Tang/vlVRIylk">transition from Sui to Tang</a> civil war.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_29/2gfLq1Iv">November 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Qianshuiyuan/m1qaHH3y">Battle of Qianshuiyuan</a>: The <a href="/facts/Tang_dynasty/FFhmVfwM">Tang dynasty</a> scores a decisive victory over their rival <a href="/facts/Xue_Rengao/nVS2N279">Xue Rengao</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tong_Yabghu_Qaghan/s0Ql0xYe">Tong Yabghu Qaghan</a> becomes the new ruler (<i><a href="/facts/Khagan/qKmwAlrU">khagan</a></i>) of the <a href="/facts/Western_Turkic_Khaganate/RxyTo4Tb">Western Turkic Khaganate</a>, founding the <a href="/facts/Khazars/KwRflVop">Khazar Khaganate</a>. He maintains close relations with the Tang dynasty, and possibly marries into the imperial family.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Songts%25C3%25A4n_Gampo/FjH7brxH">Songtsän Gampo</a> becomes the first emperor of the <a href="/facts/Tibetan_Empire/wta7D62V">Tibetan Empire</a>, after his father <a href="/facts/Namri_Songtsen/EEF9jAUL">Namri Songtsen</a> is <a href="/facts/Poison/XIQjhpsw">poisoned</a>. During his reign he expands <a href="/facts/Tibet/NQChzGo9">Tibet</a>'s power beyond <a href="/facts/Lhasa_(prefecture-level_city)/a4ocGPHG">Lhasa</a> (<a href="/facts/Tibetan_Plateau/6qkLjmCg">Tibetan Plateau</a>) and the <a href="/facts/Yarlung_Valley/fbx3kP5x">Yarlung Valley</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yeongnyu_of_Goguryeo/Me9hMoFz">Yeongnyu</a> becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of <a href="/facts/Goguryeo/oI7tQPB4">Goguryeo</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>By topic</h3> <h4>Religion</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_8/gcIyKoSF">November 8</a> – Pope <a href="/facts/Pope_Adeodatus_I/no14ynUE">Adeodatus I</a> dies in <a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a> after a 3-year reign, in which he has reversed the policies of his predecessors, <a href="/facts/Pope_Boniface_IV/T6mka0hU">Boniface IV</a> and <a href="/facts/Pope_Gregory_I/tXPh1gce">Gregory I</a>, who favored <a href="/facts/Monk/mDhTrNcB">monks</a> over the secular <a href="/facts/Clergy/IzdAVmsT">clergy</a>. Adeodatus will not be replaced until next year.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Li_Tai/GKvHbfvm">Li Tai</a>, prince of the <a href="/facts/Tang_dynasty/FFhmVfwM">Tang dynasty</a> (d. <a href="/facts/652/eKukGWa8">652</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_11/BEmEY0CG">April 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Emperor_Yang_of_Sui/5cx7o5vF">Emperor Yang of Sui</a>, emperor of the <a href="/facts/Sui_dynasty/r5Mjp8lj">Sui dynasty</a> (b. <a href="/facts/569/DKKasJ8a">569</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_3/HveWHyJI">September 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Xue_Ju/gBaD5fQo">Xue Ju</a>, emperor of Qin</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_8/gcIyKoSF">November 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Pope_Adeodatus_I/no14ynUE">Pope Adeodatus I</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_14/daaukgg7">December 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Xue_Rengao/nVS2N279">Xue Rengao</a>, emperor of Qin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dou_Wei_(Tang_dynasty)/lyxISoGP">Dou Wei</a>, chancellor of the Tang dynasty</li> <li><a href="/facts/F%25C3%25ADngen_mac_%25C3%2581edo_Duib/ENvTCJdR">Fíngen mac Áedo Duib</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Munster/d3Ne8XxY">Munster</a> (Ireland)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kevin_of_Glendalough/k5qChnLq">Kevin of Glendalough</a>, Irish <a href="/facts/Abbot/qBsBj5EW">abbot</a> (b. <a href="/facts/498/wp4DWSVb">498</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Namri_Songtsen/EEF9jAUL">Namri Songtsen</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Tibetan_Empire/wta7D62V">Tibet</a> (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sheguy/UYARekYv">Sheguy</a>, ruler of the <a href="/facts/Western_Turkic_Khaganate/RxyTo4Tb">Western Turkic Khaganate</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yang_Gao/RxxaWI2d">Yang Gao</a>, prince of the Sui dynasty (b. <a href="/facts/607/ozVc2Jtv">607</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yang_Hao_(Sui_dynasty)/dt0DukTu">Yang Hao</a>, prince of the Sui dynasty (b. <a href="/facts/586/tChFdUWh">586</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yang_Jian_(Sui_prince)/sw3ny020">Yang Jian</a>, prince of the Sui dynasty (b. <a href="/facts/585/YlWucuqX">585</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yang_Xiu_(Sui_dynasty)/zhbLwyFI">Yang Xiu</a>, prince of the Sui dynasty</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yeongyang_of_Goguryeo/7xGc4ARd">Yeongyang</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Goguryeo/oI7tQPB4">Goguryeo</a> (<a href="/facts/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea/s2gt3ydj">Korea</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yu_Shiji/KvGVj90A">Yu Shiji</a>, official of the <a href="/facts/Chen_dynasty/6E8GR9wq">Chen</a>- and Sui dynasty</li></ul> <h3>Sources</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Peter_Benjamin_Golden/3xa4WxCH">Golden, Peter Benjamin</a> (1992). <i>Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples</i>. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz. p. 135. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-447-03274-2.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Golden 1992, p. 135. According to Chinese historical sources, the marriage was never carried out because of interference by the Eastern Göktürk Illig Qaghan, whose territory sat between his territory and Tang territory, and who felt threatened by the proposed marriage. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 192. - Golden, Peter Benjamin (1992). Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz. p. 135. ISBN 978-3-447-03274-2. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019. <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm" target="_blank">https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Saint Deusdedit | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 14, 2021. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Deusdedit" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Deusdedit</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019. <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm" target="_blank">https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>