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Smoke Imix [Smoke Jaguar] becomes the 12th ruler of the Maya city of Copán - will rule for 67 years

Smoke Imix [Smoke Jaguar] becomes the 12th ruler of the Maya city of Copán - will rule for 67 years

Smoke Imix [Smoke Jaguar] becomes the 12th ruler of the Maya city of Copán - will rule for 67 years

Events Before

  1. Incident at Xuanwu Gate: Prince Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rivals, the brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, sons o

    Incident at Xuanwu Gate: Prince Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rivals, the brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, sons of Emperor Gaozu; he then forces the emperor to name him as successor to the throne

  2. Avars under Khagan Bayan begin the siege of Constantinople, which fails, preserving the Eastern Roman Empire

    Avars under Khagan Bayan begin the siege of Constantinople, which fails, preserving the Eastern Roman Empire

  3. Battle at Constantinople: Slavic, Persians and Avar siege of Constantinople fails, keeping the Byzantine Empire intact

    Battle at Constantinople: Slavic, Persians and Avar siege of Constantinople fails, keeping the Byzantine Empire intact

  4. Battle of Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius' Byzantine army heavily defeats Persian forces during the Byzantine–Sasan

    Battle of Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius' Byzantine army heavily defeats Persian forces during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628

  5. Anglo-Saxon king Edwin of Northumbria converts to Christianity, baptized by Paulinus, Bishop of York at York (as told by

    Anglo-Saxon king Edwin of Northumbria converts to Christianity, baptized by Paulinus, Bishop of York at York (as told by Bede)

Events After

  1. Conquest of Mecca: Prophet Muhammad sets out with an army of 10,000 to capture Mecca

    The conquest of Mecca was a military campaign undertaken by Muhammad and his companions during the Muslim–Quraysh War.

  2. Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem

    Heraclius was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor...

  3. Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners capture

    Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured on the northern frontier during the transition from the Sui to Tang dynasty and succeeds in freeing 80,000

  4. Suintila, King of the Visigoths is overthrown after a reign of ten years, by Sisenand, a noble from Septimania

    Suintila, King of the Visigoths is overthrown after a reign of ten years, by Sisenand, a noble from Septimania

  5. Yazdegerd III begins his reign as the last King of Kings of the Iranian Sasanian Empire

    Yazdegerd III begins his reign as the last King of Kings of the Iranian Sasanian Empire

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