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| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 600s 610s 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s |
| Years: | 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 |
| 639 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 639 DCXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1392 |
| Armenian calendar | 88 ԹՎ ՁԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1205 – -1204 |
| Berber calendar | 1589 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1183 |
| Burmese calendar | 1 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6147 – 6148 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十一月廿二日 (3275/3335-11-22) — to —
己亥年十二月初二日(3276/3336-12-2) |
| Coptic calendar | 355 – 356 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 631 – 632 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4399 – 4400 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 694 – 695 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 561 – 562 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3740 – 3741 |
| Holocene calendar | 10639 |
| Iranian calendar | 17 – 18 |
| Islamic calendar | 17 – 19 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2972 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1182 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Clovis II succeeds Dagobert I as king of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy.
[edit] Asia
- During the Islamic conquest of Persia, the city of Susa is destroyed.
- The Xueyantuo assaults the Chinese-conquered vassal of Eastern Tujue. Although simultaneously fighting in Korea against Goguryeo, the Chinese Tang Dynasty nonetheless initiates Emperor Taizong's campaign against Xueyantuo, where the famous general Li Shiji is deployed to fend off attacks in Tujue. By 646 the Xueyantuo state is destroyed.
[edit] Middle East
- The Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab initiates the Islamic invasion of Egypt.
- The Plague of Emmaus breaks out.
[edit] Births
- Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
- Yeon Namsan, Goguryeo-Korean military leader who later served as an official in the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 701)
[edit] Deaths
- January 19—Dagobert I, king of the Franks (b. c. 603)
- Wang Gui, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 571)
- Yang Gongren, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah,commander in chief of Muslim Arab Rashidun Caliphate army
