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- 590 : The Persian great king Chosrau II has to flee to Byzantium before the usurper Bahram Chobin . In 591, supported by the troops of Emperor Maurikios , he penetrates the Sassanid Empire and is able to defeat Bahram (VI.). With these events the Roman-Persian War (since 572 ) also ends .
- Spring 597 : Augustine and his companions, sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great, land on the island of Thanet on the Thames estuary. The King of Kent , Æthelberht, invites you to take your seat in Canterbury . Æthelberht himself is probably baptized around 601 .
- 598 / 599 : From Marseille from the spread again plague the Franks .
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