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Calendar overview 627
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| 627 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 75/76 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 619/620 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1170/71 (southern Buddhism); 1169/70 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the fire pig丁亥 ( at the beginning of the year fire dog 丙戌) |
| Islamic calendar | 5/6 (turn of the year 22/23 May) |
| Jewish calendar | 4387/88 (September 16-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 343/344 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCCLXXX (1380)
Diocletian's era : 343/344 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 937/938 (April)
Syria: 938/939 (October) |
| Spanish era | 665 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 683/684 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Arabian Peninsula
- April: Muslim defenders of the city of Medina led by Mohammed win the battle of the trenches against a numerically superior force from Mecca under Abū Sufyān ibn Harb , consisting of an alliance of the Quraish , several other tribes and Abyssinian mercenaries. Mohammed had a ditch dug around it to defend the city. The attackers have nothing to counter this strategy , which was previously unknown in Arabia .
- After the battle of the trenches, Muhammad's Muslims besiege and defeat the Jewish tribe of the Banu Quraiza . After their surrender, all men are executed and all women and children enslaved.
Byzantine Empire / Sassanid Empire
- December 12th : Battle of Nineveh : decisive victory of the Eastern Roman Empire under Emperor Herakleios in the Roman-Persian wars against the Sassanids under Great King Chosrau II and his General Rhazates , who is killed in action.
Central Asia
religion
- April 11 : Paulin baptizes the King of Northumbria , Edwin . Paulinus himself, already consecrated in 625 , can now officially take the bishopric of York .
- Kunibert succeeds Remedius as Bishop of Cologne .
- Honorius becomes Archbishop of Canterbury to succeed Justus .
- The 2nd Synod of Mâcon recognizes the religious rule of Saint Columban of Luxeuil ; Thus the Luxeuil monastery takes over the Frankish Catholic instead of the Irish liturgy .
Died
Date of death secured
- January 22nd : Theudelinde , daughter of the Agilolfingian duke, wife of Authari, King of the Lombards
- December 12th : Rhazates , Sassanid general
Exact date of death unknown
- November 10th between 627 and 631 : Justus of Canterbury , Roman missionary in Britain
- Attala , French monk and missionary
- Sallam ibn Abi l-Huqaiq , Jewish adversary of the Prophet Mohammed
- Aidán von Ferns , bishop (* before 550)
Died around 627
- Zainab bint Chuzaima , wife of Mohammed (* around 597 )
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