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Calendar overview 641
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| 641 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 89/90 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 633/634 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1184/85 (southern Buddhism); 1183/84 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the Metal Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal Rat 庚子) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 3/4 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 19/20 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 20/21 (turn of the year 9/10 December) |
| Jewish calendar | 4401/02 (September 10/11) |
| Coptic calendar | 357/358 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCCXCIV (1394)
Diocletian's era : 357/358 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 951/952 (April)
Syria: 952/953 (October) |
| Spanish era | 679 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 697/698 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Byzantine Empire
Solidus of Herakleios with his sons Constantine III. and Heraklonas
- February 11 : After the death of the emperor Herakleios , his widow Martina becomes the de facto regent of the Byzantine Empire , who wants to secure the rule of her son Heraklonas . First, however, it must have a common empire of Heraklonas with Constantine III. tolerate, the eldest son of Herakleios from his first marriage.
- April / May: When Constantine III, suffering from tuberculosis. dies, the people suspect, the ambitious regent Martina helped; there is increasing unrest. Constantine III determined before his death that his eleven-year-old son Konstans II should be his successor, who will be made emperor next to the young Heraklonas in the summer.
- September 14th : The people storm the Imperial Palace of Constantinople and mutilate the regent Martina and her son, Emperor Heraklonas, who is deposed and dies a little later. The undisputed emperor is now Konstans II.
Islamic expansion
- Islamic expansion : the Arabs conquer the Byzantine fortress near present-day Cairo ; a little later Amr ibn al-As built the city of Fustat north of it , the nucleus of today's metropolis. Beginning of the Islamic period in Egypt .
Franconian Empire
- Duke Radulf of Thuringia rises against the rule of the Franconian Empire and makes his duchy largely independent.
- After the death of Aegas , the neustrian housekeeper , Erchinoald takes over the office.
Balkans
Japan
religion
- October: Paulus II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople as successor to Pyrrhus .
Born
Died
Date of death secured
- February 11 : Herakleios , Byzantine emperor (* around 575 )
- April / May: Constantine III. , Byzantine emperor (* 612 )
- September: David Tiberios , Byzantine co-emperor (* 631 )
- September: Martinos , Byzantine co-emperor (* around 633 )
- November 17th : Jomei , Japanese Emperor (* 593 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Aegas , caretaker from Neustria
- Arichis , Duke of Benevento
- Fara , Bavarian nobleman
- Heraklonas , Byzantine Emperor (* 626 )
- Zainab bint Jahsch , wife of Mohammed (* 592 )
Web links
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