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Forces from Maya city Calakmul invade and conquer the neighbouring city of Palenque, holding it as a vassal state for fi

Forces from Maya city Calakmul invade and conquer the neighbouring city of Palenque, holding it as a vassal state for five years

Forces from Maya city Calakmul invade and conquer the neighbouring city of Palenque, holding it as a vassal state for five years

Events Before

  1. Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope

    Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope

  2. Saint Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope

    Saint Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope

  3. Pope Boniface I turns the Pantheon in Rome into a Catholic church

    The Pantheon (UK: , US: ; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient 2nd century Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church called the...

  4. Traditional date of Laylat al-Qadr / Night of Power when Muslims believe the Quran is first sent down from heaven to the

    Traditional date of Laylat al-Qadr / Night of Power when Muslims believe the Quran is first sent down from heaven to the world and revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad

  5. Heraclius' fleet takes Constantinople

    Heraclius the Elder was a Byzantine Roman general and the father of Byzantine Roman emperor Heraclius (r. 610–641).

Events After

  1. BC Fall of Nineveh to the Babylonians and the forces of Medes, leads to the sack of one of the greatest cities in the wo

    BC Fall of Nineveh to the Babylonians and the forces of Medes, leads to the sack of one of the greatest cities in the world, the destruction of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and the death of King Sinsharishkun [date approximate]

  2. Saint Boniface IV's reign as Catholic Pope ends

    Pope Adeodatus I (570 – 8 November 618), also called Deodatus I or Deusdedit, was the bishop of Rome from 19 October 615 to his death on 8 November 618.

  3. Pope Deusdedit [Adeodatus I] elected to succeed Boniface IV as Catholic Pope

    Pope Adeodatus I (570 – 8 November 618), also called Deodatus I or Deusdedit, was the bishop of Rome from 19 October 615 to his death on 8 November 618.

  4. Coronation of Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of

    Coronation of Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China

  5. Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope

    Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope

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