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In the year 630
Communication
Etymologia sive origine ("etymologies") by Isidore of Seville [b. Cartagena (Spain), c. 560, d. Seville (Spain), April 4, 636] is a first attempt at a general synthesis of pre-Christian learning. Drawing heavily on Pliny the Elder, it is filled with legends and immensely popular at the time (about 1000 manuscripts survive). See also 77 ce Communication.
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This article is about the year 630. For the number (and other uses), see 630 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 600s 610s 620s – 630s – 640s 650s 660s |
| Years: | 627 628 629 – 630 – 631 632 633 |
| 630 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 630 DCXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1383 |
| Armenian calendar | 79 ԹՎ ՀԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5380 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1214–-1213 |
| Bengali calendar | 37 |
| Berber calendar | 1580 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1174 |
| Burmese calendar | -8 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6138–6139 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年十二月十三日 (3266/3326-12-13) — to —
庚寅年十一月廿二日(3267/3327-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 346–347 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 622–623 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4390–4391 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 686–687 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 552–553 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3731–3732 |
| Holocene calendar | 10630 |
| Iranian calendar | 8–9 |
| Islamic calendar | 8–9 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2963 |
| Minguo calendar | 1282 before ROC 民前1282年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1173 |
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Year 630 (DCXXX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 630 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Croats and Serbs settle in the Balkans, having been invited by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius.
- The Byzantine-Arab Wars begin.
Asia
- Muhammad sets out to capture Mecca by force.
- Armenia is invaded by Chorpan Tarkhan
- The Chinese Buddhist monk Xuan Zang reaches India.
- Ardashir is assassinated, and succeeded by Shahrbaraz as king of Persia; Sharbaraz is assassinated and succeeded by Boran.
- The Tang Dynasty Chinese general Li Jing captures the Jiali Khan Ashina Duobi, which leads to success in Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue launched at the end of the previous year, and results in the disintegration of the Göktürk Khanate.
Births
- Di Renjie, Chancellor of China (d. 700)
Deaths
- April 27 – Ardashir III, Persian king
- June 9 – Shahrbaraz, Persian king
- Du Ruhui, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 585)
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