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- 28. May: Assumption of office of Pope Severinus, after the Byzantine emperor the confirmation of the choiceby the Roman Klerus two years had refused
- 24. December: Assumption of office of Pope Johannes IV. after the death of Pope Severin
- the Muslims under Amr ibn aluminium-As defeat the Byzantiner in Heliopolis, Egypt in a crucial battle. Alexandria can maintain ground still to 642. Egypt becomes a province of the Umayyaden, which govern from Damascus.
- Caesarea Maritima falls as last Byzantine base into palace in into Arab hands
- Earconberht I. becomes king of Kent as a successorthe Eadbald
- around 640: Disibod begins its mission in the Franconia realm
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- Musa ibn Nusayr: Arab field gentleman († 715)
- around 640: Hl. Kilian of peppering castle, bishop († around 689)
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- 20. January Eadbald, king of Kent
- 8. July: Arnulf of Metz, house-holy the Karolinger
- 2. August: Severinus, Pope
- 16. October: Pc. Gallus, monk and founder of the city pc. Gallen
- 23. October: Romanus, bishopof Rouen and holy of the Roman-catholic church
- beep pin the older one, house Meier of Austrien, master father of the later king sex of the Karolinger
- Suinthila, king of the Westgoten
