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Byzantine Empire
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Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II asByzantine Emperor .Asia
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Kongo Gumi , the world's oldest continuously operating company (578 -2006 ), is founded inOsaka ,Japan .Births
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Deaths
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July 30 —Jacob Baradaeus ,bishop of Edessa
*October 5 —Justin II , Roman emperor
* Northern Zhou Wu Di, Chinese ruler
*John Malalas , Byzantine chronicler
*Bhavaviveka , Indian Madhyamaka Scholar
*Saint Brendan , a popular Irish saint
* Abdul Muttalib, grandfather of Prophet Muhammad who founded Islam
*Wu Mingche
*Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou
*Yuwen Xian
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