The 7th century: key events

Chronyas has 1,110 events dated to the 7th century (601 to 700 CE), during the Medieval world. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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from 602 CE to 628 CEByzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
603 CEBirth of Mu'awiya I
27 July 604 CEBirth of Fatima
607 CEConstruction of Hōryū-ji Temple
1 August 608 CEColumn of Phocas
609 CEThe Grand Canal of China is completed
from 5 October 610 CE to 11 February 641 CEHeraclius becomes Byzantine emperor
614 CEBirth of Aisha
from April 614 CE to May 614 CESasanian conquest of Jerusalem
from 618 CE to 842 CETibetan Empire
from 618 CE to 907 CETang dynasty
622 CEConstitution of Medina
from 622 CE to 750 CEMuslim conquests
622 CEConstruction of Quba Mosque
622 CEConstruction of Prophet's Mosque
from 13 September 622 CE to 27 September 622 CEHijra
12 March 624 CEBattle of Badr
23 March 625 CEBattle of Uhud
April 625 CEBattle of Sarus
9 January 626 CEBirth of Husayn ibn Ali
from June 626 CE to July 626 CESiege of Constantinople
from 627 CE to 629 CEThird Perso-Turkic War
627 CEBattle of the Trench
628 CEBrahmagupta sets out the rules for zero
March 628 CETreaty of Hudaybiyyah
629 CEConquest of Mecca
from 629 CE to 1050Arab–Byzantine wars
from 629 CE to 645 CEXuanzang travels from China to India
631 CEOrigins of Islam
from 632 CE to 633 CERidda Wars
from 632 CE to 668 CEOld Great Bulgaria
from June 632 CE to July 661 CERashidun Caliphate
8 June 632 CEDeath of Muhammad
from 633 CE to 640 CEMuslim conquest of the Levant
from 633 CE to 654 CEMuslim conquest of Persia
23 August 634 CEDeath of Abu Bakr
from December 635 CE to March 636 CESiege of Emesa
from 15 August 636 CE to 20 August 636 CEBattle of Yarmouk
from 16 November 636 CE to 19 November 636 CEBattle of al-Qadisiyyah
637 CEConstruction of Potala Palace
from August 637 CE to October 637 CESiege of Aleppo
from 639 CE to 642 CEArab conquest of Egypt
from 641 CE to 1168Origins of El-Fustat
from 642 CE to 744 CEArab conquest of Armenia
from 642 CE to 799 CEArab–Khazar Wars
642 CEOrigins of sumo
642 CEMassacre of Oradour-sur-Glane
3 November 644 CEDeath of Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
from 5 November 644 CE to 17 June 656 CEUthman ibn Affan becomes Caliph
645 CETaika Reform
from 647 CE to 709 CEMuslim conquest of the Maghreb
from 650 CE to 969 CEKhazar Khaganate
from 650 CE to 1377Srivijaya
from 653 CE to 954 CEKingdom of Northumbria
c. 653 CEEruption of Dakataua
from 656 CE to 661 CEFirst Fitna
from 658 CE to 828 CECarantania
661 CEDeath of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
from 661 CE to 750 CEUmayyad Caliphate
26 January 661 CEAssassination of Ali
26 April 662 CEEarthquake in Semnan,Damghan, Qumis, Iran
670 CEConstruction of Great Mosque of Kairouan
670 CEConstruction of Kairouan
670 CEDeath of Brahmagupta
from 680 CE to 1355Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
from 680 CE to 692 CESecond Fitna
10 October 680 CEBattle of Karbala
from 7 November 680 CE to 16 September 681 CEThird Council of Constantinople
from 681 CE to 1018First Bulgarian Empire
c. 683 CESrivijaya emerges as a maritime empire in Sumatra
c. 683 CEEruption of Rabaul
6 August 686 CEBattle of Khazir
688 CEEarthquake in Izmir, Turkey
691 CEConstruction of Dome of the Rock
from 691 CE to 692 CEQuinisext Council
October 691 CEBattle of Maskin
from 694 CE to 710 CEOrigins of Fujiwara-kyō
696 CEIntroduction of gold dinar
from 697 CE to 1797Republic of Venice
from 698 CE to 926 CEBalhae

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