- 639
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ya2=641
ya3=642
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dn3=660s__NOTOC__Events
By Place
Europe
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Clovis II succeedsDagobert I as king of theFranks inNeustria andBurgundy .Asia
* During the
Islamic conquest ofPersia , the city ofSusa is destroyed.
* TheXueyantuo assaults the Chinese-conquered vassal of EasternTujue . Although simultaneously fighting inKorea againstGoguryeo , the ChineseTang Dynasty nonetheless initiatesEmperor Taizong's campaign against Xueyantuo , where the famous generalLi Shiji is deployed to fend off attacks in Tujue. By646 the Xueyantuo state is destroyed.Middle East
* The
Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab initiates theIslamic invasion of Egypt.
* ThePlague of Emmaus breaks out.Births
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Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
*Yeon Namsan ,Goguryeo -Korean military leader who later served as an official in the ChineseTang Dynasty (d.701 )Deaths
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January 19 —Dagobert I , king of theFranks (b. c.603 )
*Wang Gui , Chinese chancellor of theTang Dynasty (born571 )
*Yang Gongren , Chinese chancellor of theTang Dynasty
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