647
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Heads of State
Year of the Fire sheep丁未( at the beginning of the year Fire Horse丙午)
Era of Diocletian: 363/364 ( year November )
Syria: 958/959 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Islamic expansion
- Muslim Conquest: The Muslims conquer Tripolitania of Byzantium.
India
- The North Indian ruler Harsha falls victim to a conspiracy. After his death, his empire falls apart.
Religion
- Amand of Maastricht is bishop of Tongeren -Maastricht and a missionary in northern Rhineland.
Born
- Al-Abbas ibn Ali, the Shiite Martyr († 680)
Died
- Gregory of Carthage, Byzantine usurper
- Harsha, ruler of a north Indian empire (* 590)
- Raduald, Duke of Benevento
- Year ( 7th century )
- 647