622
| 622 • Muhammad did not enter Medina directly, but stopped at its outlying environs of Quba. He established the Quba Mosque there, the first mosque of Islam. On July 1, he made his first visit to Medina for Friday prayers. |
688
Age: 66y
| 688 • Eadberht is appointed bishop of Lindisfarne (Northumbria). He founds the holy shrine to his predecessor Cuthbert, a place that becomes a centre of great pilgrimage in later years. |