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This article is about the year 639. For the number, see 639 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	600s 610s 620s – 630s – 640s 650s 660s
Years:	636 637 638 – 639 – 640 641 642

639 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
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639 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	639 DCXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1392
Armenian calendar	88 ԹՎ ՁԸ
Assyrian calendar	5389
Bahá'í calendar	−1205 – −1204
Bengali calendar	46
Berber calendar	1589
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1183
Burmese calendar	1
Byzantine calendar	6147–6148
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3335 or 3275 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3336 or 3276
Coptic calendar	355–356
Discordian calendar	1805
Ethiopian calendar	631–632
Hebrew calendar	4399–4400
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	695–696
- Shaka Samvat	561–562
- Kali Yuga	3740–3741
Holocene calendar	10639
Igbo calendar	−361 – −360
Iranian calendar	17–18
Islamic calendar	17–19
Japanese calendar	N/A
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	639 DCXXXIX
Korean calendar	2972
Minguo calendar	1273 before ROC 民前1273年
Thai solar calendar	1182
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Year 639 (DCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 639 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

January 19 – Dagobert I dies after a 10-year reign as king of all the Franks in which his realm has prospered. He is succeeded by Sigebert III (age 9), independent ruler of Austrasia, and his half-brother Clovis II (age 2) who becomes king of Neustria and Burgundy. Under the supervision of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace, the royal treasury is distributed between the two brothers and widowed queen Nanthild (regent on Clovis' behalf).

Arab-Byzantine War: The Rashidun army (4,000 men) under command of 'Amr ibn al-'As invade Byzantine Egypt. They capture the strategic town of Pelusium (Nile Delta) after a two-month siege. Arab reinforcements led by Zubayr ibn al-Awam are send from Medina to assist Amr's army. The losses incur by the Muslims are ameliorate by Sinai Bedouins, tribes of Rashida and Lakhm,^[1] they join the invaders in conquering Egypt.^[2]
Hormuzan, Persian satrap of Susiana (vassal of the Rashidun Caliphate), revolts against the Muslims and raids Mesopotamia. Arab forces under Abu Musa al-Asha'ari destroy Susa in the lower Zagros Mountains.
Plague of Emmaus: An epidemic disease breaks out in Emmaus (Imwas) in Palestine. It strikes the city and the military camps of the Muslim Arabs, killing most of its population (probably estimated 25,000 people).

The Xueyantuo assaults the Chinese-conquered vassal of Eastern Tujue. Although simultaneously fighting in Korea against Goguryeo, emperor Tai Zong commissions his famous general Li Shiji to fend off attacks in the campaign against Xueyantuo.
An unsuccessful revolt of prince Kürşat of the Eastern Turks in China.

Eligius succeeds Acarius as bishop of Doornik and Noyon. He becomes constituted guardian of the towns of Vermandois wich include also Ghent and Kortrijk (Flanders).^[3]
First Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta founded by the exarch Isaac of Ravenna on Torcello, confirming the island's importance as a centre of population in Venice at this date.

↑ Al-Maqrizi, Mawaiz wa al-'i'tibar bi dhikr al-khitat wa al-'athar
↑ Alfred Butler, "The Invasion of Egypt", p. 213
↑ Saint Quen of Rouen; trans. Jo Ann McNamara. "The life of Saint Eligius" (Vita Sanci Eligii)

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