07th Century

Events 620s – Manufacture of Chinese Porcelain starts

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 […]

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Events 610s – Heraclius emperor Eastern Roman Empire

610 Heraclius emperor Eastern Roman Empire  Events 610: A great number of Slavs enter the Roman lands of the Balkans. Later forming tribal confederacies. 610: Heraclius arrives by ship from Roman Carthage at Constantinople, overthrows Eastern Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the Eastern Roman Empire from Latin to Greek (already the language of the vast majority of the population). 615: The Sasanian Empire under Shah Khosrow II sacks Jerusalem, taking away the relic of the True Cross. 615: Pacal the Great becomes king of the Mayan city-state of Palenque. 616: Shah Khosrow II invades Egypt. 616: Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats the Welsh in a battle at Chester in England. 618: Tang dynasty of China do initiated by Li Yuan. 618: The Chenla kingdom completely absorbed Funan. Religion Muhammad, Islamic prophet, […]

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Events 630s -The Muslim Conquests begin

The Muslim Conquests begin  Events 632: The Muslim conquests begin. 635–649: Alopen, a Persian Christian priest, introduces Nestorian Christianity into China. 636: Around this time the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah resulted in a decisive victory for Muslims in the Muslim conquest of Persia, the Persian Empire is conquered by Muslim Arabs led by Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas. 638: Emperor Taizong (627-649) issues an edict of universal toleration of religions; Nestorian Christians build a church in Chang’an.  Conquest of Mecca: A Muslim army (10,000 men) marches on Mecca, which surrenders. Muhammad takes the city from the Quraysh 638: Muslim conquest of Palestine. 639: Muslim conquest of Egypt and Armenia. 639: Unsuccessful revolt of Ashina Jiesheshuai of the Turkic people against Tang China. Religion The Muslims replace Zoroastrianism with Islam in Mesopotamia (later Iraq); they do not […]

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Events 650s – Did Polynesians discover Antartica?

Did Polynesians discover Antartica?  Events The first Chinese paper money is issued,yet these banknotes will not become government-issued until the Song dynasty era Sichuan province issues them in the year 1024, with the central government of China following suit in the 12th century.  Battle of the Winwaed: King Oswiu of Bernicia defeats his rival, King Penda of Mercia at Cock Beck, near what later will be Leeds (Yorkshire). Kings Cadafael Cadomedd of Gwynedd and Œthelwald of Deira, allies of Mercia, withdraw their forces before the battle begins. It marks the defeat of the last credible pagan force in England. It also sows the seeds which will lead to Anglo-Saxon acceptance of the Catholic Church 651: Emperor Yazdegerd III is murdered in Merv, ending the rule […]

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Events 660s – Cædmon Anglo-Saxon poet

Cædmon Anglo-Saxon poet  Events  In Gaul all Roman bishops are replaced with Frankish bishops. They become increasingly common, as Frankish leaders control the episcopate. Plague of 664 According to Bede, a Northumbrian monk and historian, the plague begins shortly after the eclipse of 1 May. Adomnan of Iona, a contemporary Irish abbot and saint, writes that the epidemic affects all of Ireland and Great Britain, except for Dál Riata and Pictland. The epidemic significantly depopulates southern coastal areas of England. The first glass windows are placed in English churches Cædmon, Anglo-Saxon poet, writes a nine-line hymn on the Creation. A onetime illiterate herdsman, he becomes a monk under the rule of Hilda of Whitby, where he will turn various biblical themes into vernacular poetry

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Events 680s – Battle of Ongal

680 Battle of Ongal  Events 680: Decisive victory of the Bulgars over the Byzantines in the Battle of Ongal. 681: Bulgaria is recognized as independent country by the Byzantine Empire. 683: Dapunta Hyang Sri Jayanasa performed Siddhayatra as the journey to expand his influence. The event mentioned in several inscriptions such as Telaga Batu inscription, Talang Tuo inscription and Kedukan Bukit inscription. The beginning of Srivijaya hegemony over the maritime region around Malacca Strait and Sunda Strait. 683–685: The Second Fitna. 687: I-tsing returned to Srivijaya in on his way back from India to China. In his record he reported that the Kingdom of Malayu was captured by Srivijaya. 688: Emperor Justinian II of the Byzantine Empire defeats the Bulgarians. Empress Wu Zetian sends a pair […]

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Events 690s – Anglo-Saxon missionary Willibrord

The life of Anglo-Saxon missionary Willibrord Events 690: Pro-Buddhist imperial consort Wu Zetian seizes power and rules as Empress of China. 691: Buddhism is made the state religion of China. 698: The Arabs capture Carthage from the Byzantine Empire. 698: Active but unofficial anti-Christian persecution begins in China 698: North–South States Period begins in Korea. The approximate date of the earliest known blindfold chess, played by Sa’id ibn Jubayr Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, travels from York with 12 Benedictine monks to Westkapelle, (modern Netherlands) to Christianize the pagan Frisians. Willibrord, Northumbrian missionary, becomes the first bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands). He returns to Frisia to preach, and builds numerous churches Radbod, king of the Frisians, retreats to the island of Heligoland in the North Sea

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Events 600s – Persians start using windmills 

Persians use windmills for irrigation  Events 600: Smallpox spreads from India into Europe. 602: The Third Chinese domination of Vietnam starts following the collapse of the Early Lý dynasty. 603: Last mention of the Roman Senate in Gregorian Register. It mentions that the senate acclaimed the statues of emperor Phocas and empress Leontia. 606: Pope Boniface III elected to the papacy on the death of Pope Sabinian. He sought and obtained a decree from Byzantine Emperor Phocas which stated that “the See of Blessed Peter the Apostle should be the head of all the Churches”. This ensured that the title of “Universal Bishop” belonged exclusively to the Bishop of Rome. Germanic and Slavic peoples have tremendous population growth, with the Slavs colonizing the Balkan Peninsula. Rome continues […]

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