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Calendar overview 640
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| 640 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 88/89 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 632/633 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1183/84 (southern Buddhism); 1182/83 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the Metal Rat庚子 ( at the beginning of the Earth Pig year 己亥) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 2/3 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 18/19 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 18/ 19 /20 (Year 1-2 January. // 20-21 December.) |
| Jewish calendar | 4400/01 (September 20/21) |
| Coptic calendar | 356/357 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCXCIII (1393)
Diocletian's era : 356/357 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 950/951 (April)
Syria: 951/952 (October) |
| Spanish era | 678 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 696/697 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Britain
- King Penda of Mercia invades East Anglia , whose king Ecgric falls in battle. King Anna succeeds Ecgric .
- Earconberht I and Eormenred jointly become King of Kent, succeeding Eadbald .
Islamic expansion
- July 6 : The Muslims under Amr ibn al-As defeat the Byzantines in Egypt in the battle of Heliopolis . Alexandria can hold its own until 642 . Egypt becomes a province of the Umayyads who rule from Damascus .
- Caesarea Maritima is the last Byzantine base in Palestine to fall into Arab hands.
Africa
- The Aksumite king Armah dies around 640 . No other rulers are documented due to the lack of coins. The Aksumite Empire continued to exist in isolation until 916 .
religion
- May 28 : Pope Severinus takes office after the Byzantine emperor refused to confirm the election by the Roman clergy for two years
- December 24th : Pope John IV takes office after the death of Pope Severin
- around 640: Disibod begins his mission in the Franconian Empire .
Born
- Musa ibn Nusayr , Arab general († 715 )
- around 640: Kilian von Würzburg , Irish-Scottish mission bishop in Franconia ( Franconian Apostle ), saint of the Catholic Church († around 689 )
- around 640: Aegidius , Greek merchant, later abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Gilles in southern France, saint of the Catholic Church († around 720 )
Died
Date of death secured
- January 20th Eadbald , King of Kent
- July 18 : Arnulf von Metz , progenitor and house saint of the Carolingians (* around 582 )
- August 2nd : Severinus , Pope
- October 23 : Romanus , Bishop of Rouen and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
Exact date of death unknown
- Pippin the Elder , Hausmeier of Australia, ancestor of the later royal family of the Carolingians (* around 580 )
Died around 640
- October 16 at 640: St. Gallus , monk and founder of the city of St. Gallen (* around 550)
Web links
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