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Calendar overview 630
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| 630 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 78/79 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 622/623 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1173/74 (southern Buddhism); 1172/73 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the Metal Tiger庚寅 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Ox Jahres) |
| Islamic calendar | 8/9 (turn of the year 19/20 April) |
| Jewish calendar | 4390/91 (September 12-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 346/347 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCLXXXIII (1383)
Diocletian's era : 346/347 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 940/941 (April)
Syria: 941/942 (October) |
| Spanish era | 668 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 686/687 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Europe
- The Welsh Kingdom of Gwent can repel an incursion by the Anglo-Saxon Empire of Wessex .
- around 630: Cadwallon , the Welsh King of Gwynedd , succeeds in forming a coalition with the Anglo-Saxon King Penda of Mercia against Northumbria , which Gwynedd had occupied, but can be driven out of Wales through the coalition's victory at Long Mountain.
Byzantine Empire and Middle East
- January: Islamic expansion : Mecca surrenders without a fight to the approximately 10,000 warriors of Muhammad , who proclaims a general amnesty and drives the "idols" out of the city. As a result, most of the Arab tribes join him .
- March 21 : The Byzantine Emperor Herakleios triumphantly enters Jerusalem and brings the cross relic, captured from the Persians in 614, back to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher .
- The Muslim Arabs attack the Byzantine Empire for the first time, but without success. They call this expansion " raid ". In ancient Europe , the word became a synonym for "raid" and " attack ". Only in modern times is it equated with a large - scale police manhunt .
Persian Empire
- April 27th : After the assassination of Ardashir III. General Shahrbaraz becomes Persian great king. He receives the support of the Byzantine ruler Herakleios, but he is murdered a good 6 weeks later in June. It is followed by Queen Boran , daughter of Chosrau II , who died in 628 , although a female succession to the throne is not actually planned in the Sassanid Empire . Her accession to the throne, supported by General Farruch Hormizd , is only possible because of the anarchist conditions after the death of Ardaschir and the lack of a suitable male successor. Nevertheless, her situation as ruler is very unstable. In part of the country, the Sassanid Chosrau III also rules for a short time . , after him Hormizd V.
Other events in Asia
- The expansion of the northern Indian empire of the ruler Harscha to the south is stopped by the empire Chalukya; the Narmada is declared a border river.
- Khagan Hsieh-li , ruler of the Eastern Gök Turks , is defeated by a Chinese attack (after serious internal unrest) and is taken prisoner by the Chinese. The tribes that have hitherto been dependent on him will largely subordinate themselves to China for the next few decades. At the same time, the empire of the Western Gök Turks fell to pieces due to the overthrow and murder of the local ruler Tong Yabghu or Tong Shehu .
science and technology
- around 630: The historical work Chronicon Paschale is created in the Byzantine Empire .
Society and religion
- The Saint-Pierre Abbey in today's municipality of Bèze in the Franconian Empire is founded.
- The Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang is touring India.
Disasters
- During the reign of Shahrbaraz , the plague raged in the Persian capital Seleukia-Ctesiphon .
Born
Date of birth saved
- November 7th : Constans II , Byzantine emperor († 668 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Sigibert III. , Merovingian Frankish King († 656 )
- Di Renjie , official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty († 700 )
Born around 630
- Bathilde , wife of the Frankish king Clovis II († around 680 )
- Ansbert , Bishop of Rouen († 693 )
- Aldegundis , saint († 684 )
- Fausta Arsakuni , Princess of the Arsacids and Empress of Byzantium († after 668)
- Nukata no Ōkimi , Japanese poet († around 690 )
- Reineldis , Catholic saint († around 680 )
Died
- April 27 : Ardashir III. , Persian great king (* around 621 )
- June: Shahrbaraz , Persian general and great king
- November 25 : Basolus von Verzy , missionary and saint (* around 555 )
- around 630: Zainab bint Muhammad , eldest daughter of the Prophet Mohammed and his first wife Chadīdscha bint Chuwailid
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