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Calendar overview 643
Map with all linked sites: | 643 | |
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 the Edictum Rothari . |
 another Carolingian becomes a caretaker in the Franconian Empire . |
| 643 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 91/92 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 635/636 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1186/87 (southern Buddhism); 1185/86 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the water hare癸卯 ( at the beginning of the year water tiger 壬寅) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 5/6 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 21/22 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 22/23 (turn of the year 19/20 November) |
| Jewish calendar | 4403/04 (September 20/21) |
| Coptic calendar | 359/360 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCCXCVI (1396)
Diocletian's era : 359/360 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 953/954 (April)
Syria: 954/955 (October) |
| Spanish era | 681 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 699/700 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- November 22nd : Rothari , the king of the Lombards , publishes the Lombard people's law in the Edictum Rothari .
- Alemanni Duke Leuthari II leaves Otto, the tutor of the Merovingian King Sigibert III. and opponents of Pippin the Elder , murder. Thereupon the Carolingian Grimoald the Elder House Meier in the Franconian part of the empire Austrasia under Sigibert III.
- King Clovis II marries the Anglo-Saxon king's daughter Balthilde .
Islamic expansion
- Islamic conquest of the Levant : The Islamic city of Isfahan (previously Aspardana) is re-established, which will later become one of the most important rulers of the Persian Empire . In addition to the Persian province of Jibal ( Media ), in which Isfahan is located, the Arabs also conquered Azerbaijan this year .
- Fustāt (the nucleus of Cairo ) is founded by the Arab general Amr ibn al-As .
- The Arabs conquer the Cyrenaica (Barka).
Born
- Fazang , Patriarch of the Huayan Buddhist School in China († 712 )
- ʿUmar ibn Abī Rabīʿa , Arabic poet († 711 )
Died
- September 18 : Goericus , Bishop of Metz (* around 570 )
- Maurikios Chartularios , Byzantine rebel
- Wei Zheng , Chinese politician (* 580 )