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Calendar overview 634
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 becomes patriarch of Jerusalem . |
| 634 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 82/83 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 626/627 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1177/78 (southern Buddhism); 1176/77 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the wood horse甲午 ( at the beginning of the year water snake 癸巳) |
| Islamic calendar | 12/13 (turn of the year March 6/7) |
| Jewish calendar | 4394/95 (August 29/30) |
| Coptic calendar | 350/351 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCLXXXVII (1387)
Diocletian's era : 350/351 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 944/945 (April)
Syria: 945/946 (October) |
| Spanish era | 672 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 690/691 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Oswald of Northumbria , who lived in exile in Scotland, wins the battle of Heavenfield over Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd . Thereupon Oswald can reunite the divided Northumbria under his now again Christian rule.
Byzantine Empire / Islamic Expansion / Persian Empire
- February 4th : The Battle of Dathin between the Islamic Caliphate and the Christian allies of the Eastern Roman Empire ends with a victory for the Arabs. It is a minor battle, which nonetheless has a large echo in contemporary literature. The battle was preceded by an Arab raid on the outskirts of Gaza .
- August 23 : After the death of Abu Bakr is Umar ibn al-Khattab the second caliph of the Muslims elected. In the summer he succeeds in his first major victory over the Byzantine troops at Ajnadain, southwest of Jerusalem . The territory of the Ghassanids and Palmyra fall into Arab hands . In September, General Chālid ibn al-Walīd stands before Damascus .
- Autumn: The Battle of the Bridge , the first major skirmish between the Muslim Arabs and the Persian Sassanids as part of the Islamic expansion , ends with a victory for the Persians. It is the only major defeat the Arabs suffer in the early expansion. The Persian general Rostam Farrochzād cannot take advantage of the victory, however, as he has to move to Ctesiphon , where a nobility revolt has started at the court. The Arabs can then regroup.
East asia
- Beginning of wars of several years between Tibet and the Chinese Empire .
economy
- The “ divan ”, the main role of the Muslim-Arab army, is written in Medina . It regulates the distribution of the spoils of war from the Byzantine Empire. Later he became the epitome of the entire Arab financial system.
Culture
- Under Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty , the Daming Palace is built, which will later become the main residence in the Chinese Empire .
religion
- Sophronios becomes patriarch of Jerusalem . He is a vehement opponent of the monotheletic doctrine represented by Emperor Herakleios .
Born
Exact date of birth unknown
- Clovis II , Merovingian Frankish King († 657 )
- En no Ozunu , Japanese ascetic († around 700 )
Born around 634
Died
- August 23 : ʿAbdallāh Abū Bakr , Islamic caliph, follower of Mohammed (* 573 )
- Eanfrith , King of Bernicia
- Osric , King of Deira
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