Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 641 A.D. through 650 A.D.
- 641 to 650
- Oswiu, king of Northumbria and Bernicia (641 - 670)
- Emperor Heraclius d. 641 (see 610)
- Constans II Pogonatus, Byzantine Emperor (641 - 668)
- The Arabs under Omar destroy the Persian Empire; the caliphs
rule the country till 1258; Islam replaces the religion of
Zoroaster
- Chindaswinth, king of the Visigoths (641 - 652)
- Eastern Roman Empire is considerably weakend by the Arab
conquest of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Syria (642)
- Moslems conquer Tripoli (643)
- Grimoald, son of Pepin, becomes mayor of Austrasian
court (643 - 656)
- Chinese move into Korea (644)
- King Rothari codifies the Lombard law (644)
- The Taikwa reform completes the building of the central
Jap. state, limiting powers of the nobility (645)
- Byzantine fleet recaptures Alexandria (646)
- Emperor Harsha's death breaks up his northern Indian
empire (647)
- The Arabs conquer Cyprus (649)
- Hindu empire in Sumatra (650)
- Croats and Serbs occupy Bosnia (650)
- The Khazars conquer Great Bulgarian Empire in
southern Russia (650)
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