By place Byzantine Empire • Spring – Emperor
Maurice rejects a peace proposal of the
Persians, in exchange for renewed payments in
gold. •
Battle of Solachon: A
Byzantine army under command of
Philippicus defeats the
Sassanid Persians, near
Dara. • The
Avars besiege
Thessalonica (
Central Macedonia), the second city of the
Byzantine Empire. • The
Vlachs are first mentioned in a Byzantine chronicle (approximate date).
Europe •
April 21 – King
Liuvigild dies at
Toledo after an 18-year reign, and is succeeded by his second son
Reccared I. •
Slavs advance to the gates of
Thessaloniki and the
Peloponnese. •
Avars destroy a lien of Roman camps along the
Danubian Limes, including
Oescus and
Ratiaria.
By topic Art • The Page with the
Crucifixion, from the "
Rabbula Gospels", at the Monastery of St. John in Beth Zagba (
Syria), is completed. It is now kept at the
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana,
Florence,
Italy.
Religion • Japanese
Buddhism comes under attack as a "foreign" religion. •
Saint Comgall founds an
abbey in
Bangor, Northern Ireland. • King
Custennin of
Dumnonia is converted to
Christianity. == Births ==