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Calendar overview 636
Map with all linked sites: | 636 | |
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 the Arabs under their general Chālid ibn al-Walīd . |
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| 636 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 84/85 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 628/629 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1179/80 (southern Buddhism); 1178/79 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the fire monkey丙申 ( at the beginning of the year wood sheep 乙未) |
| Islamic calendar | 14/15 (turn of the year 13/14 February) |
| Jewish calendar | 4396/97 (September 6-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 352/353 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCCLXXXIX (1389)
Diocletian's era : 352/353 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 946/947 (April)
Syria: 947/948 (October) |
| Spanish era | 674 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 692/693 (turn of the year April) |
events
Politics and world events
Asia
- The city of Basra is founded by Caliph Umar as a trading base and an Arab military camp.
- Beginning of the decisive phase of the Arab expansion / conquest of the Levant :
- August 20: Battle of Jarmuk : The Byzantines are defeated by the attacking Arabs under their general Chālid ibn al-Walīd and lose Syria and Palestine . Only a few bases, including Jerusalem , can hold out for a short time before they too are conquered.
- November: The siege of Jerusalem begins.
- Battle of Kadesia (according to more recent considerations only in 638): The Sassanids under general Rostam Farrochzād are subject to the Arabs under their general Saad ibn Abi Waqqas and must evacuate Mesopotamia . Rostam falls in battle. Also Ctesiphon falls shortly afterwards in Arab hands.
Europe
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- Chintila becomes king of the Visigoths as successor to Sisenand .
- Rothari becomes King of the Lombards, succeeding Arioald .
America
- Yuknoom Ch'een II , known as the Great, becomes king of the Maya state of Calakmul . He then leads the city-state to the height of its power.
First documentary mentions
Born
- around 636: Æthelthryth , Anglo-Saxon saint († 679)
Died
Date of death secured
- March 12th: Sisenand , King of the Visigoths
- April 4: Isidore of Seville , Doctor of the Church (* around 560)
Exact date of death unknown
- Arioald , King of the Lombards
- Cwichelm , King of Wessex
- Rostam Farrochzād , Ērān Spāhbod (Imperial General) in the Sassanid Empire
- Saʿd ibn ʿUbāda ibn Dulaim , follower of Muhammad
Died around 636
- George of Pisidia , Eastern Roman poet
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