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551
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:
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7th century
Events
July
-
Battle of Taginae
: The
Byzantine
general
Narses
defeats and kills
Totila
, king of the
Ostrogoths
.
Teia
succeeds the deceased
Monarch
but Narses manages to recapture
Rome
by the end of the year.
Eutychius
becomes
Patriarch of Constantinople
.
Buddhism
is introduced into
Japan
.
Battle of Asfeld
:
Longobards
under king
Audoin
defeat the
Gepids
.
Liang Yuan Di
succeeds
Liang Yu Zhang Wang
as ruler of the Chinese
Liang Dynasty
.
Cynric
, king of
Wessex
, captures the fort at
Old Sarum
.
The Buddhist goddess
Benzaiten
is said to have descended onto the island of
Enoshima
in
Japan
.
Gokturks
establish first known
Turkic
state under the leadership of
Bumin Khan
.
Environmental change
Silkworms
are smuggled into the
Byzantine Empire
from
China
.
Births
Ethelbert
, king of
Kent
and
Bretwalda
Deaths
July
-
Totila
, King of the
Ostrogoths
.
Bumin Khan
, founder of the
Gokturk
state.
Mennas
,
Patriarch of Constantinople
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