world history in chronological order part 3

600 February 16 Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze. [1] 602 November 23 Phocas is crowned emperor of Byzantine Empire. [548.10] 604 March 12 Gregory I, the Great Pope (590-604), dies at age 64. [1] May 26 Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies. [1] September 13 Sabinian begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] December 25 Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers. [1]

606 February 22 Sabinian ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 607 February 19 Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] March 13 Twelfth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1] April 19 Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth. [1] November 12 Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 608 September 15 Saint Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 609 May 13 Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church. [1] 610 April 6 Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the koran descended to Earth. [1] October 5 Heraclius is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. [346.10] 615 May 25 Saint Boniface IV dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] October 19 Saint Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 616 January 14 Chinese record the death of ten people from a meteorite fall. [521] 618 November 8 Saint Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 619 December 23 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 622 July 16 Origin of the Islamic Era, as Mohammed flees Mecca to Medina (Muharram 1, 1 AH). [1] [1027.7] September 20 Mohammad's Hegira. [1] 624 January 8 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle. [1] Muslim army occupies Kurashitische Caravan. [1] 625 October 25 Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] October 27 Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 627 December 12 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen. [1] 628 April 3 Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579-628), murdered by his son. [1] 632 June 8 Mohammed prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition). [1] [1027.30] June 16 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era. [1] [1027.7] 636 July 23 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire. [1] 638 January 23 Start of Islamic calendar. [1] March 11 Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies. [1] October 12 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 639 January 19 Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies. [1] 640 May 28 Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638). [1] August 2 Severinus ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] December 24 John IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 641 February 11 Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about age 65. [1] [346.10] May 13 Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon. [1] 642 February 29 Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle. [1] October 12 John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] November 24 Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 644 December 8 Omar I, second kalief of Islam, murdered. [1] December 14 Osman ibn Affan, appointed third kalief of islam. [1] 649 May 2 Maruta of Tagrit, theology/first mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies. [1] May 14 Theodore I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] July 5 Death of Saint Goar; notable priest of Trier (Germany). [37] Saint Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 653 June 17 Saint Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 654 August 10 Saint Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 656 February 1 Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about age 25. [1] December 9 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion. [1] 657 June 2 Saint Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] July 30 Saint Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 659 March 17 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about age 32. [1] 660 December 1 Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies. [1] 661 January 24 Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered. [1] 672 January 27 Saint Vitalian dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] April 11 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 673 September 24 Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church. [1] 676 June 17 Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] November 2 Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 678 April 11 Donus dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] June 27 Saint Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 679 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that in Coldingham, England, the monastery is destroyed by "fire from heaven". [521] December 23 Death of King Dagobert II of Austrasia (676-679); murdered by a servant on orders of Mayor of the Palace, Pepin the Fat. [1] [1197.217] 680 April 18 Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies. [1] October 9 Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom. [1] November 7 Third Council of Constantinople (sixth ecumenical council) opens. [1] 681 January 10 Saint Agatho dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 682 August 17 Saint Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 683 July 3 Saint Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 684 June 26 Saint Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 685 May 7 Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, fourth kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies. [1] May 8 Saint Benedict II dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] May 20 Picts win Battle of Dunnichen. [241.9] May 21 Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians. [1] July 23 John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 686 August 2 John V ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] October 21 Conon begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 687 September 21 Conon ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] December 15 Saint Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Conon. [1] 689 January 12 Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies. [1] 695 December 17 Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies. [1] 701 September 9 Saint Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] October 30 John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 705 January 11 John VI dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] March 1 John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 707 October 18 John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 708 January 15 Sisinnius begins his reign as Catholic Pope (dies 20 days later). [1] February 4 Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies. [1] March 25 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 709 April 24 Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about age 76. [1] May 25 Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, England, abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about age 69. [1] 711 April 14 Childebert III, king of French, dies at about age 27. [1] November 4 Death of Roman Emperor Justinian II. [452.70] (December 11 [1]) 714 December 16 Pippin II of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies. [1] 715 April 9 Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies. [1] May 19 Saint Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 722 January 1 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord. [1] 727 May 30 Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about age 72. [1] 729 April 24 Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at age 89. [1] 731 February 11 Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies. [1] March 18 Saint Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 732 February 15 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line. [1] 735 May 26 Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about age 62. [1] 741 November 28 Saint Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] December 3 Saint Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III. [1] 743 February 6 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, tenth Muslim caliph, dies at about age 52. [1] March 1 Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited. [1] 752 March 15 Zachary Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies. [1] March 26 Pope Stephen II dies only four days after his election. [1] 754 January 7 Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion. [1] April 14 Pact of Quierzy between Pope Stephen II, [III] and Pippin the Korte. [1] 756 May 15 Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain. [1] 757 April 26 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I. [1] Stephen II Pope (752-57), dies. [1] 760 May 22 Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1] 762 July 30 Baghdad is founded. [5] 764 In Nara, Japan, a meteorite strikes a house. [521] 765 December 31 Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China. [1] 766 March 6 Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about age 50. [1] 767 June 28 Saint Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] July 5 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 768 July 30 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] July 31 Philip begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] August 7 Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 771 December 4 Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about age 20. [1] Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France. [1] 772 January 24 Stephen III dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] February 1 Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 774 April 6 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy. [1] 779 February 25 Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies. [1] 787 September 24 Second Council of Nicaea (seventh ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor. [1] 793 June 8 Vikings raid Lindisfarne. [241.9] 794 January 8 Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings. [1] 795 December 25 Adrian I Italian Pope (772-95), dies. [1] December 26 Saint Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]