639

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Centuries:	6th century · 7th century · 8th century
Decades:	600s 610s 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s
Years:	636 637 638 639 640 641 642

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Establishments - Disestablishments

639 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	639 DCXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1392
Armenian calendar	88 ԹՎ ՁԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-1205 – -1204
Berber calendar	1589
Buddhist calendar	1183
Burmese calendar	1
Byzantine calendar	6147 – 6148
Chinese calendar	戊戌年十一月廿二日 (3275/3335-11-22) — to — 己亥年十二月初二日 (3276/3336-12-2)
Coptic calendar	355 – 356
Ethiopian calendar	631 – 632
Hebrew calendar	4399 – 4400
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	694 – 695
- Shaka Samvat	561 – 562
- Kali Yuga	3740 – 3741
Holocene calendar	10639
Iranian calendar	17 – 18
Islamic calendar	17 – 19
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2972
Thai solar calendar	1182
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[edit] Events

[edit] By Place

[edit] Europe

• Clovis II succeeds Dagobert I as king of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy.

[edit] Asia

• During the Islamic conquest of Persia, the city of Susa is destroyed.
• The Xueyantuo assaults the Chinese-conquered vassal of Eastern Tujue. Although simultaneously fighting in Korea against Goguryeo, the Chinese Tang Dynasty nonetheless initiates Emperor Taizong's campaign against Xueyantuo, where the famous general Li Shiji is deployed to fend off attacks in Tujue. By 646 the Xueyantuo state is destroyed.

[edit] Middle East

• The Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab initiates the Islamic invasion of Egypt.
• The Plague of Emmaus breaks out.

[edit] Births

• Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
• Yeon Namsan, Goguryeo-Korean military leader who later served as an official in the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 701)

[edit] Deaths

• January 19 — Dagobert I, king of the Franks (b. c. 603)
• Wang Gui, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 571)
• Yang Gongren, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty