The 7th century
2,061 sourced entries across 100 documented years, grouped into 10 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly; on the BC side the same rule puts 1–99 BC in the 1st century BC and 100 BC in the 2nd.
Decades
- The 600s — 10 years, 220 entries
- The 610s — 10 years, 205 entries
- The 620s — 10 years, 224 entries
- The 630s — 10 years, 232 entries
- The 640s — 10 years, 234 entries
- The 650s — 10 years, 197 entries
- The 660s — 10 years, 192 entries
- The 670s — 10 years, 182 entries
- The 680s — 10 years, 228 entries
- The 690s — 10 years, 147 entries
By subject
- Conflict & Security in the 7th century — 353 entries
- Religion & Belief in the 7th century — 255 entries
- Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 7th century — 98 entries
- Culture & Society in the 7th century — 57 entries
- Exploration & Expansion in the 7th century — 46 entries
- Health & Medicine in the 7th century — 24 entries
- Crime & Justice in the 7th century — 23 entries
- Technology & Infrastructure in the 7th century — 22 entries
- Science & Discovery in the 7th century — 16 entries
- Climate & Environment in the 7th century — 15 entries
- Economy & Finance in the 7th century — 8 entries
A few of the years
- 600600-900 - Palace and Temple of the Inscriptions (tomb-pyramid of K'inich Janaab' Pakal), Palenque, Mexico, are built. Maya culture.
- 612August 13 – Empress Eudokia, wife of Heraclius, dies of epilepsy. She leaves two children, and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
- 624February 11 – While praying in the Masjid al-Qiblatayn in Medina, the Islamic prophet Muhammad receives revelations from God on the qibla, the direction of prayer, that he should be facing Mecca rather than Jerusalem during prayer, beginning an Islamic tradition.
- 636June 30 – Fifth Council of Toledo: Chintila orders a meeting in the church of St. Leocadia; the bishops accept a decree that only Gothic nobility (with military functions) may be king of the Visigothic Kingdom.
- 648Tang general Ashina She'er re-establishes Tang control of Karasahr, and leads a military campaign against the Tarim Basin kingdom of Kucha in Xinjiang, a vassal of the Western Turkic Khaganate.
- 660July 9 – Battle of Hwangsanbeol: Sillan forces (50,000 men) led by general Kim Yu-shin defeat the army of Baekje at Nonsan. During the fighting general Gyebaek dies at the hand of the Sillan invaders.
- 672January 7 – Emperor Tenji dies after a 10-year reign, in which he has given the Fujiwara clan its name. Following his death, there ensues a succession dispute between Tenji's 14 children (many by different mothers). He is succeeded by his favorite son Kōbun, age 23, who was the first accorded with the title Daijō-daijin.
- 684January 3 – Zhong Zong succeeds his father Gao Zong, and becomes emperor of the Tang dynasty. His mother Wu Zetian remains the power behind the throne in China.