630
This article is about the year 630. For the number, see 630 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 600s 610s 620s – 630s – 640s 650s 660s |
| Years: | 627 628 629 – 630 – 631 632 633 |
| 630 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 630 DCXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1383 |
| Armenian calendar | 79 ԹՎ ՀԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5380 |
| Bengali calendar | 37 |
| Berber calendar | 1580 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1174 |
| Burmese calendar | −8 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6138–6139 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3326 or 3266 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3327 or 3267 |
| Coptic calendar | 346–347 |
| Discordian calendar | 1796 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 622–623 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4390–4391 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 686–687 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 552–553 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3731–3732 |
| Holocene calendar | 10630 |
| Iranian calendar | 8–9 |
| Islamic calendar | 8–9 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 630 DCXXX |
| Korean calendar | 2963 |
| Minguo calendar | 1282 before ROC 民前1282年 |
| Seleucid era | 941/942 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1172–1173 |
Year 630 (DCXXX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 630 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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- March 21 – Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. He tries to promote Monothelitism which is rejected by the Christians.[1]
- Heraclius issues in a decree that all Jews must become Christian; a massacre follows around Jerusalem and in Galilee (Israel), some survivors fleeing to the Daraa area.[2]
- Chorpan Tarkhan, general of the Khazars, invades and devastates Armenia. He defeats a Persian cavalry force (10,000 men) sent by Shahrbaraz to repel the invasion.
Scandinavia
- Yngling King Olof Trätälja founds a colony in Värmland. He is expelled from his native Västergötland (in modern-day Sweden) (according to the Ynglingatal).
Britain
- King Ricberht of East Anglia dies and is succeeded by Sigeberht of East Anglia who returns from exile in France. He rules together with his kinsman Ecgric, re-establishing Christianity.
- King Penda of Mercia besieges Exeter in South West England. King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd lands with a force nearby and negotiates an alliance with Penda.
- Eanswith, daughter of king Eadbald of Kent, founds the Benedictine Folkestone Priory, the first nunnery in England.[3]
Persia
- April 27 – King Ardashir III, age 9, is murdered after an 18 month reign. He is succeeded by Shahrbaraz who becomes ruler (shah) of the Sasanian Empire.[4]
- June 9 – Shahrbaraz is killed and succeeded by Borandukht, daughter of former king Khosrau II. She ascends the throne as 26th monarch of Persia.
Arabia
- January – Battle of Hunayn: Muhammad defeats the Bedouin tribe of Hawazin (12,000 men) in a valley on one of the roads leading to Ta'if (Western Arabia).
- February 5 – Siege of Ta'if: Muhammad begins to besiege Ta'if and brings battering rams and catapults to suppress the fortress city, but is unable to penetrate it.[5]
- December 11 (20th of Ramadan, 8 AH) – Conquest of Mecca: A Muslim army of 10,000 men marches on Mecca which surrenders. Muhammad takes the city from the Quraysh and makes it the spiritual center of Islam.
Asia
- Illig Qaghan, ruler (khagan) of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, is captured by Li Jing during the Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue.
By topic
Religion
- Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), travels across the Gobi Desert to Kumul. Following the Tian Shan mountain range of Central Asia westwards, he arrives in Turpan.
Births
- Conon I, pope of Rome (approximate date)
- November 7 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)
- Di Renjie, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 700)
- Alhfrith, king of Deira (approximate date)
- Fausta, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
- Nukata, Japanese poet (approximate date)
- Reineldis, Frankisch saint (approximate date)
- Sigebert III, king of Austrasia (approximate date)
Deaths
- April 27 – Ardashir III, king of the Persian Empire
- June 9 – Shahrbaraz, king of the Persian Empire
- Du Ruhui, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 585)
- Ricberht, king of East Anglia (approximate date)
References
- ↑ Whitby, Michael (2002). Rome at War AD 293–696. London: Osprey. p. 76. ISBN 1-84176-359-4.
- ↑ Nicolle, David (1994). Yarmuk 636 AD: The Muslim conquest of Syria. London: Osprey. p. 62. ISBN 1-85532-414-8.
- ↑ Yorke, Barbara (2003). Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses. London: Continuum. p. 23. ISBN 0-8264-6040-2.
- ↑ Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sassanid Empire. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 181–183. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
- ↑ Muir, William (1861). The Life of Mahomet and the History of Islam 4. London: Smith, Elder. p. 145.
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