619

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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

* The Avars attack Constantinople.

Asia

* The Second Perso-Turkic War is fought.
* The Meccan boycott of Hashemites and Muhammad ends.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

* The calculation of the Chinese calendar begins to use true motions of the sun and moon modeled using two offset opposing parabolas.
* The Chinese begin using large orchestras.

Religion

* December 23 — Pope Boniface V succeeds Pope Adeodatus I as the 69th pope.
* Mellitus becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
* Kubrat, ruler of the Bulgars, is baptised in Constantinople.

Births

* Li Chengqian, crown prince of Emperor Taizong of Tang China

Deaths

* 3 February — Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury
* St. John the Merciful, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria (possible date)
* Abu Talib, uncle of Islamic Prophet Muhammad
* Khadija, wife of Islamic Prophet Muhammad
* Emperor Gong of Sui
* Heshana Khan
* Li Gui
* Li Mi, Chinese rebel against the Sui Dynasty, served briefly as a Tang Dynasty official (born 582)
* Liu Wenjing, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 568)
* Yang Tong
* Yuwen Huaji