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Calendar overview 638
Map with all linked sites: | 638 | |
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 With this the Holy Sepulcher falls into the hands of the Arabs . |
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| 638 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 86/87 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 630/631 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1181/82 (southern Buddhism); 1180/81 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the earth dog戊戌 ( at the beginning of the year fire rooster 丁酉) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | Year 1 (beginning of April) |
| Islamic calendar | 16/17 (turn of the year 22/23 January) |
| Jewish calendar | 4398/99 (September 13-14) |
| Coptic calendar | 354/355 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCXCI (1391)
Diocletian's era : 354/355 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 948/949 (April)
Syria: 949/950 (October) |
| Spanish era | 676 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 694/695 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Islamic expansion
- February: Islamic expansion : Caliph Umar ibn al-Chattab moves into the conquered Jerusalem . With this the Holy Sepulcher falls into the hands of the Arabs . Most of the Syrian and Palestinian bases of Byzantium will fall to the Arabs this year , only Caesarea Maritima will be able to hold out for two more years thanks to the fleet.
Byzantine Empire
- June 4th : The Byzantine emperor Herakleios makes his son Heraklonas co-emperor.
Culture and religion
- April: start of the Dai calendar
- As a result of the Arab conquest of Jerusalem, the patriarchal seat there remained vacant until around 650 .
- Introduction of the Islamic calendar by Caliph Umar ibn al-Chattab: the beginning of the calendar is placed on the Hijra of the Prophet Mohammed 622 .
- October 15 : After the death of Pope Honorius I , the Roman clergy elects Severinus as his successor. He refuses to recognize the monotheletic religious formula Ecthesis, which Emperor Herakleios had proposed, whereupon the latter initially refused to confirm his choice; it will be made up in 640 , so that this year is the official beginning of the pontificate of Severinus.
- Pyrrhus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople as the successor to Sergios I.
Born
Died
- October 12 : Honorius I , Pope
- Sergios I , Patriarch of Constantinople