Explore 14 historical events from 620–629.
Itzam Kʼan Ahk I, also known as Ruler 2, was an ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic Period, from AD 639–686. The son o…
Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (died 686)
The Battle of Hulao, or Battle of Sishui, was a decisive Tang victory over the rival Zheng and Hebei-based Xia polities during the transition from Sui to Tang. The battle took plac…
Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande
Mellitus was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons f…
Mellitus, saint and archbishop of Canterbury
The Tang dynasty, or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and f…
Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in the civil war that followed the
Liang Shidu was a claimant to title of Emperor of China who rebelled against the rule of the Chinese Sui dynasty near the end of the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui. Liang Shidu claim…
Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
Soga no Umako was the son of Soga no Iname and a member of the powerful Soga clan of Japan. Conflicting evidence has suggested that Soga no Umako was actually an emperor during th…
Soga no Umako, Japanese son of Soga no Iname (born 551)
The Pannonian Avars or Carpathian Avars were a confederation of Eurasian nomads. They were also known as the Obri in the chronicles of the Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai, or Pseudo…
The Avars and Sassanids besiege Constantinople, held by Byzantine troops under Patrician Bonus
Emperor Taizong of Tang, previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarde…
Li Shimin led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of Tang China.
Emperor Taizong of Tang, previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarde…
Li Shimin (pictured) led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of Tang China.
Emperor Taizong of Tang, previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarde…
Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the…
Liang Shidu was a claimant to title of Emperor of China who rebelled against the rule of the Chinese Sui dynasty near the end of the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui. Liang Shidu claim…
Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
The Pannonian Avars or Carpathian Avars were a confederation of Eurasian nomads. They were also known as the Obri in the chronicles of the Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai, or Pseudo…
The Avars and Sassanids besiege Constantinople, held by Byzantine troops under Patrician Bonus
Soga no Umako was the son of Soga no Iname and a member of the powerful Soga clan of Japan. Conflicting evidence has suggested that Soga no Umako was actually an emperor during th…
Soga no Umako, Japanese son of Soga no Iname (born 551)
Li Jiancheng, posthumous name Crown Prince Yin (隱太子), childhood nickname Vaishravana (毗沙門), was the first crown prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was the oldest son of the fou…
Li Jiancheng, Chinese prince (born 589)
Emperor Taizong of Tang, previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarde…
Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the…
Itzam Kʼan Ahk I, also known as Ruler 2, was an ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic Period, from AD 639–686. The son o…
Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (died 686)
Li Yuanji, formally Prince La of Chao (巢剌王), more commonly known by the title of Prince of Qi (齊王), nickname Sanhu (三胡), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was …
Li Yuanji, Chinese prince (born 603)
Emperor Taizong of Tang, previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarde…
Li Shimin led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of Tang China.
Emperor Taizong of Tang, previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarde…
Li Shimin (pictured) led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of Tang China.
Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Ang…
Paulinus was consecrated as the first bishop of York by Justus, the archbishop of Canterbury.
Mellitus was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons f…
Mellitus, saint and archbishop of Canterbury
The Hijrah, also Hegira, was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the…
The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
The Battle of Hulao, or Battle of Sishui, was a decisive Tang victory over the rival Zheng and Hebei-based Xia polities during the transition from Sui to Tang. The battle took plac…
Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande
The Tang dynasty, or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and f…
Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in the civil war that followed the