Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 621 A.D. through 630 A.D.
- 621 to 630
- Samo, a Frankish merchant from Sens, encountering Slav tribes
in Carinthia, frees them from the Avars, and founds an empire
(623)
- Dagobert I, elder son of Chlothar II, becomes king of
Austrasia (623); his adviser is Arnulf, Bishop of Metz;
his mayor, Pepin of Landen (- 639)
- Double attack of the Avars and Persians on Constantinople
repelled by Emperor Heraclius (625)
- Narasimhavarman I, king of southern India of the Pallava
dynasty (625 - 645)
- Edwin of Northumbria founds Edinburgh and begins
Christianizing his country (626)
- The Persians decisively defeated by the Byzantines at
Nineveh (627)
- Kau-Tsu resigns his throne, his son T'ai-Tsung becoming
Emperor of China (627 - 649)
- Chosroes II, King of Persia (see 590), murdered by his
son and successor Kavadh II (628)
- Heraclius recovers Jerusalem (629)
- Chlothar II d. 629; Dagobert I succeeds to the whole
Frankish kingdom (- 638)
- Olaf Tratelia, expelled from his native Sweden, founds
a colony in Vermeland (Norway) (630)
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