near Nineveh; Edwin of Northumbria baptized by St Paulinus | |
627? | Death of Rædwald of the East Angles and burial at Sutton Hoo |
c. 633 | Completion of Etymologies of Isidore of Seville |
635 | Arrival of St Aidan at Lindisfarne |
637 | Defeat of Persian Empire by Arabs |
638 | Fall of Jerusalem to Arabs; death of Dagobert of the Franks |
642 | Fall of Alexandria to Arabs |
643 | Issue of Lombard law code by King Rothari |
c. 649 | Creation of effective Arab fleet by Mu'awiya |
654 | Issue of extensive law code by Visigothic King Recceswinth |
661 | Establishment of Ummayad caliphate based on Damascus |
663 | Invasion of southern Italy by Byzantine Emperor Constans II |
664 | Synod of Whitby settled dispute within the Northumbrian Church between Irish and 'Romanists' |
c. 670 | Establishment of first Bulgar Khanate in Balkans |
672 | Acceptance of Catholicism by Lombards under King Perctarit |
674-8 | Arab naval blockade of Constantinople |
c. 680 | Treaty made by Byzantine Empire recognizing Lombard kingdom |
685 | Northumbrian army led by Ecgfrith defeated by Picts at Nechtansmere |
687 | Battle of Tertry marks beginning of Carolingian supremacy in northern Gaul |
698 | Final Arab capture of Carthage |
711 | Beginning of Islamic conquest of Spain |
713-35 | Legislative programme of Lombard King Liutprand |
717-18 | Repulse of Arab land and sea siege of Constantinople by Emperor Leo III |
c. 718 | Establishment of Christian kingdom in the Asturias |
726 | Issue of Ecloga code by Leo III; probable issue of first iconoclast decrees |
727 | Revolts in Byzantine Italy; election of first independent doge of Venice |
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