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In the year 641
Mathematics
The Museum in Alexandria, home to such mathematicians as Euclid, Archimedes, Eratosthenes, Apollonius, and Pappus, ceases to exist. See also 300 bce Mathematics.
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This article is about the year 641. For the number (and other uses), see 641 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 610s 620s 630s – 640s – 650s 660s 670s |
| Years: | 638 639 640 – 641 – 642 643 644 |
| 641 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 641 DCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1394 |
| Armenian calendar | 90 ԹՎ Ղ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5391 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1203–-1202 |
| Bengali calendar | 48 |
| Berber calendar | 1591 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1185 |
| Burmese calendar | 3 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6149–6150 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十一月十四日 (3277/3337-11-14) — to —
辛丑年十一月廿四日(3278/3338-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | 357–358 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 633–634 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4401–4402 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 697–698 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 563–564 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3742–3743 |
| Holocene calendar | 10641 |
| Iranian calendar | 19–20 |
| Islamic calendar | 20–21 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2974 |
| Minguo calendar | 1271 before ROC 民前1271年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1184 |
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Year 641 (DCXLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 641 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
Europe
- Chindaswinth deposes Tulga, and becomes king of the Visigoths.
Byzantine Empire
- February 11 – Byzantine Emperor Heraclius dies. He is succeeded by his sons Constantine III and Heracleonas, but Constantine III dies after few months. The Byzantine people suspected that he has been poisoned by Heracleonas, and deposes him. Constans II, son of Constantine III, becomes emperor.
Africa
- November 8 – Alexandria is formally surrendered to Amr ibn al-As by a treaty.
- Caesarea surrenders to the Arabs.
- The city of Fostat (later Cairo) is founded in Egypt.
Births
Deaths
- February 11 – Heraclius, Byzantine emperor
- Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor
- Emperor Jomei, emperor of Japan
- King Mu of Baekje
- Ouyang Xun
- Arechis I, second duke of Benevento
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