Year630(DCXXX) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 630 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Gregorian calendar | 630 DCXXX |
Ab urbe condita | 1383 |
Armenian calendar | 79 ԹՎ ՀԹ |
Assyrian calendar | 5380 |
Balinese saka calendar | 551–552 |
Bengali calendar | 37 |
Berber calendar | 1580 |
Buddhist calendar | 1174 |
Burmese calendar | −8 |
Byzantine calendar | 6138–6139 |
Chinese calendar | Mình xấuNăm (EarthOx) 3327 or 3120 — to — Canh dần năm (MetalTiger) 3328 or 3121 |
Coptic calendar | 346–347 |
Discordian calendar | 1796 |
Ethiopian calendar | 622–623 |
Hebrew calendar | 4390–4391 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 686–687 |
-Shaka Samvat | 551–552 |
-Kali Yuga | 3730–3731 |
Holocene calendar | 10630 |
Iranian calendar | 8–9 |
Islamic calendar | 8–9 |
Japanese calendar | N/A |
Javanese calendar | 520–521 |
Julian calendar | 630 DCXXX |
Korean calendar | 2963 |
Minguo calendar | 1282 beforeROC Dân trước 1282 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | −838 |
Seleucid era | 941/942AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1172–1173 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm trâu đất năm (female Earth-Ox) 756 or 375 or −397 — to — Dương kim hổ năm (male Iron-Tiger) 757 or 376 or −396 |
Events
editBy place
editByzantine Empire
edit- March 21– EmperorHeracliusreturns theTrue Cross,one of the holiest Christianrelics,toJerusalem.He tries to promoteMonothelitism,which is rejected by the Christians.[1]
- Heraclius issues adecreethat all Jews must become Christian; amassacrefollows around Jerusalem and inGalilee(Israel), some survivors fleeing to theDaraaarea.[2]
- Chorpan Tarkhan,general of theKhazars,invades and devastatesRoman Armenia.He defeats a Persian cavalry force (10,000 men) sent byShahrbarazto repel the invasion.
Central America
edit- October 1–Tajoom Ukʼab Kʼahkʼ,theruler of the Mayan city stateofCalakmulin southernMexicodies after a reign of eight years and is succeeded byCauac,who reigns until 636.
Scandinavia
edit- YnglingKingOlof Trätäljafounds acolonyinVärmland.He is expelled from his nativeVästergötland(in modern-daySweden) (according to theYnglingatal).
Britain
edit- KingRicberht of East Angliadies and is succeeded bySigeberht,who returns from exile in France. He rules together with his kinsmanEcgric,re-establishingChristianity.
- KingPenda of MerciabesiegesExeterin southwest England. KingCadwallon ap CadfanofGwyneddlands with a force nearby, and negotiates analliancewith Penda.
- Eanswith,daughter of KingEadbald of Kent,founds theBenedictineFolkestone Priory,the firstnunneryin England.[3]
Persia
edit- April 27– KingArdashir III,age 9, is murdered after an 18 month reign. He is succeeded by Shahrbaraz who becomes ruler (shah) of theSasanian Empire.[4]
- June 9– Shahrbaraz is killed and succeeded byBorandukht,daughter of former kingKhosrow II.She ascends thethroneas 26th monarch ofPersia.
Arabia
edit- January –Battle of Hunayn:Muhammad defeats theBedouintribe ofHawazin(12,000 men) in a valley, on one of the roads leading toTa'if(WesternArabia).
- February 5–Siege of Ta'if:Muhammadbegins to besiege Ta'if and bringsbattering ramsandcatapultsto suppress the fortress city, but is unable to penetrate it.[5]
- December 11–Conquest of Mecca:A Muslim army (10,000 men) marches onMecca,which surrenders.Muhammadtakes the city from theQuraysh
Asia
edit- Illig Qaghan,ruler (khagan) of theEastern Turkic Khaganate,is captured byLi Jingduring theTang campaign against the Eastern Turks.
By topic
editReligion
editBirths
edit- November 7–Constans II,Byzantine emperor (d.668)
- Alhfrith,king ofDeira(approximate date)
- Conon I,pope of theCatholic Church(approximate date)
- Di Renjie,chancellor of theTang dynasty(d.700)
- Fausta,Byzantine empress (approximate date)
- Nukata,Japanese poet (approximate date)
- Reineldis,Frankischsaint(approximate date)
- Sigebert III,king ofAustrasia(approximate date)
Deaths
edit- April 27–Ardashir III,king of thePersian Empire
- June 9–Shahrbaraz,king of the Persian Empire
- Du Ruhui,chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b.585)
- Ricberht,king ofEast Anglia(approximate date)
References
edit- ^Whitby, Michael(2002).Rome at War AD 293–696.London: Osprey. p. 76.ISBN1-84176-359-4.
- ^Nicolle 1994,p. 62.
- ^Yorke, Barbara(2003).Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses.London: Continuum. p. 23.ISBN0-8264-6040-2.
- ^Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008).Decline and Fall of the Sassanid Empire.London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 181–183.ISBN978-1-84511-645-3.
- ^Muir, William(1861).The Life of Mahomet and the History of Islam.Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder. p. 145.
Sources
edit- Nicolle, David(1994).Yarmuk 636 AD: The Muslim conquest of Syria.London: Osprey. p. 62.ISBN1-85532-414-8.