__NOTOC__ Year 635 ( DCXXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 635 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

* Emperor

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makes an alliance with Kubrat, ruler (''

khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

'') of Great Bulgaria, to break the power of the Avars on the

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Europe

* Judicaël, high king of Domnonée ( Brittany), visits King Dagobert I at his palace in

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(northwest of Paris), to promise he will remain under Frankish lordship. The Breton king arrives with gifts, but insults Dagobert by refusing to eat at the royal table.

Britain

* King

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of Glywysing and Gwent invades Ergyng ( Archenfield), and reunites the two

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kingdoms (approximate date). * King

Gartnait III Gartnait son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 635) was a king of the Picts from 631 to 635. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king lists give him a reign of four years, corresponding with the Irish annals, although variants say five and eight years. His dea ...

dies after a 4-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother

Bridei II Bruide son of Foith or son of Uuid (died 641) was a king of the Picts from 635 to 641. The ''Pictish Chronicle'' king-list gives him a reign of five years following his brother Gartnait III. His death is reported by the ''Annals of Ulster'' and t ...

, as ruler of the Picts.

Arabia

* January – Battle of Fahl: The Rashidun army, (30,000 men) under

Khalid ibn al-Walid Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (; died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially headed campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. He later became a Muslim and spent the remainder of his career in ...

(known as the "Drawn Sword of God"), defeats the Byzantine forces led by Theodore Trithyrius, at Pella in the Jordan Valley ( Jordan). *

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is conquered by the

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Arabs under

'Amr ibn al-'As ( ar, عمرو بن العاص السهمي; 664) was the Arab commander who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt and served as its governor in 640–646 and 658–664. The son of a wealthy Qurayshite, Amr embraced Islam in and was assigned import ...

. It becomes the first city in

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developed into a centre of Islamic law.

By topic

Literature

* Yao Silian, Chinese historian, completes his '' Book of Liang''. It contains the history of the Liang Dynasty.

Religion

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missionaries arrive in

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: Alopen, bishop of the

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, preaches Nestorian Christianity to the Tang Dynasty. * Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish missionary, founds the monastery of

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in Northumbria ( Northern England). * Birinus, Frankish missionary, converts King Cynegils of Wessex and becomes the first Bishop of Dorchester.

Births

* Benedict II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 685) *

John V John V may refer to: * Patriarch John V of Alexandria or John the Merciful (died by 620), Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616 * John V of Constantinople, Patriarch from 669 to 675 * Pope John V (685–686), Pope from 685 to his death in 686 * J ...

, pope of the Catholic Church (d.

686 __NOTOC__ Year 686 ( DCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 686 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...

) * K'inich Kan B'alam II, ruler of Palenque (d. 702) * Pepin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace (approximate date) * Yijing, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (d.

713 __NOTOC__ Year 713 ( DCCXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 713 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

)

Deaths

* June 25 – Gao zu, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b.

566 566 ( DLXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 566 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the preva ...

) * Chen Shuda, prince and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty *

, king of the Picts * Wu Shihuo, father of Wu Zetian (b. 559)

References

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