630

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• Croats and Serbs settle in the Balkans, having been invited by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius.
• The Byzantine-Arab Wars begin.

Asia

• January 1 — Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.
• Armenia is invaded by Chorpan Tarkhan; the Western Turkic Khaganate disintegrates.
• The Chinese Buddhist monk Xuan Zang reaches India.
• Ardashir is assassinated, and succeeded by Shahrbaraz as king of Persia; Sharbaraz is assassinated and succeeded by Boran.
• The Tang Dynasty Chinese general Li Jing captures the Jiali Khan Ashina Duobi, which leads to success in Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue launched at the end of the previous year, and results in the disintegration of the Göktürk Khanate.

Births

• Di Renji, Chancellor of China (d. 700)

Deaths

• April 27 — Ardashir III, Persian king
• June 9 — Shahrbaraz, Persian king
• Du Ruhui, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 585)