Manufacture of Chinese Porcelain starts
Events
- 622: Year one of the Islamic calendar begins, during which the Hijrah occurs—Muhammad and his followers emigrate from Mecca to Medina in September.
- 623: The Frankish merchant Samo, supporting the Slavs fighting their Avar rulers, becomes the ruler of the first known Slav state in Central Europe.
- 626: The Avars, the Slavs and the Persians jointly besiege but fail to capture Constantinople.
- 627: Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians, ending the Roman–Persian Wars.
- 629: The Arab–Byzantine wars begin. Much of the Roman Empire is conquered by Muslim Arabs led by Khalid ibn al-Walid.
- 629–630: Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks, Chinese Tang dynasty forces under commanders Li Jing and Li Shiji destroy the Göktürk Khanate.
- The Chinese establish an imperial bureau for the manufacture of porcelain. Their technology will advance further under the Tang dynasty
- Edinburgh (Scotland) is founded by Edwin of Northumbria