580
| 580 • Gregory of Tours is brought before a council of bishops on charges of slandering the Frankish queen Fredegund (approximate date). |
615
Age: 35y
birth of childSaint Begga 1 Source ⇓ |
| 615 • Edwin of Northumbria takes refuge in East Anglia; he marries Cwenburga, daughter of king Cearl of Mercia (according to the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum). |
640
Feb 27
Age: 60y
| 640 • Muslim Arabs capture Babylon after a seven-month siege, during a night assault Arab warriors open the city gates.Al Farooq, Umar by Muhammad Husayn Haykal, chapter nr. 21 The Thebaid region (Upper Egypt) is annexed by the Rashidun Caliphate. |