619 CE

Tang campaigns against the Western Turks: A khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals, with the approval of Emperor Gaozu of Tang. Pope Boniface V succeeds Adeodatus I as the 69th pope of Rome. Muhammad's wife, Khadija, dies after 24 years of marriage in the Year of Sorrow.

In the 610s, the 7th century.

Conflict & Security

  • The Meccan boycott of the Hashemites and Muhammad ends.source
  • The Avars attack the outskirts of Constantinople. Numerous Slavic tribes rebel against Avar overlordship; they carve out their own sovereign territory in Moravia and Lower Austria (approximate date).source

Religion & Belief

  • December 23 – Pope Boniface V succeeds Adeodatus I as the 69th pope of Rome.source
  • Kubrat, ruler of the Bulgars, is baptised in Constantinople.source
  • Byzantine–Sasanian War: The besieged city of Alexandria is captured by the Persians. Nicetas, cousin of Emperor Heraclius, and Chalcedonian patriarch, John V, flee to Cyprus. King Khosrow II extends his rule southwards along the Nile.source
  • Mellitus becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.source
  • Heraclius prepares to leave Constantinople and moves the Byzantine capital to Carthage, but is convinced to stay by Sergius I, patriarch of Constantinople. He begins to rebuild the Byzantine army with the aid of funds from church treasures.source
  • Construction begins on the earliest known tide mill, Nendrum Monastery mill in the north of Ireland.source

Science & Discovery

  • The calculation of the Chinese calendar begins to use true motions of the sun and moon, modeled using two offset opposing parabolas.source

Culture & Society

  • The Chinese begin using large orchestras.source

Births

  • Li Chengqian, prince of the Tang dynasty (died 645)source
  • Abd Allah ibn Abbas, cousin of Muhammad (died 687)source
  • Li Ke, prince of the Tang dynasty (approximate date)source
  • Disibod, Irish monk and hermit (died 700)source

Deaths

  • February 2 – Laurence, Archbishop of Canterburysource
  • September 14 – Yang You, emperor of the Sui dynasty (born 605)source
  • November 2 – Tang campaigns against the Western Turks: A khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals, with the approval of Emperor Gaozu of Tang.source
  • Heshana Khan, ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganatesource
  • Yang Tong, emperor of the Sui dynasty (born 605)source
  • Li Mi, rebel leader during the Sui dynasty (born 582)source
  • Yuwen Huaji, general of the Sui dynastysource
  • Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad (born 549)source
  • Liu Wenjing, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (born 568)source
  • Li Gui, emperor of the short-lived state Liangsource
  • John Moschus, Byzantine monk and ascetical writersource
  • Khadija bint Khuwaylid, wife of Muhammadsource
  • Muhammad's wife, Khadija, dies after 24 years of marriage in the Year of Sorrow.source
  • Ŭlchi Mundŏk, military leader of Goguryeo (Korea) (approximate date)source