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Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang…
Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata
Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
The Avars and Sassanids besiege Constantinople, held by Byzantine troops under Patrician Bonus
The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628: Sassanid troops under general Shahrbaraz conquer the town of Zenobia.
Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sa
Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest…
Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest…
Emperor Justinian I issues a Pragmatic Sanction in which he organises the renewed Roman rule over the recently…
Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is…
Election of pope Silverius following the death of pope Agapetus I earlier that year
Election of pope Agapetus I following the death of pope John II earlier that month
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece a
Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria)
Election of pope Felix IV following the death of pope John I earlier that year.
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce