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Six O' one...Half dozen O' the other!!! Events

The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work.
Livva II succeeds his brother Reccared as King of the Visigoths.
The earliest dated English words are 'Town' and 'Priest', both recorded in the Laws of Ethelbert.
The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published.

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