600

February 16

• Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze. [1]

602

November 23

• Phocas is crowned emperor of Byzantine Empire. [548.10]

604

March 12

• Gregory I, the Great Pope (590-604), dies at age 64. [1]

May 26

• Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies. [1]

September 13

• Sabinian begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

December 25

• Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers. [1]

606

February 22

• Sabinian ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

607

February 19

• Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

March 13

• Twelfth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]

April 19

• Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth. [1]

November 12

• Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

608

September 15

• Saint Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

609

May 13

• Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church. [1]

610

April 6

• Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the koran descended to Earth. [1]

October 5

• Heraclius is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. [346.10]

615

May 25

• Saint Boniface IV dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

October 19

• Saint Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

618

November 8

• Saint Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

619

December 23

• Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

622

July 16

• Origin of the Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH). [1]

September 20

• Mohammad's Hegira. [1]

624

January 8

• Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle. [1]
• Muslim army occupies Kurashitische Caravan. [1]

625

October 25

• Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

October 27

• Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

627

December 12

• Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen. [1]

628

April 3

• Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579-628), murdered by his son. [1]

632

June 8

• Mohammed prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition). [1]

June 16

• Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era. [1]

636

July 23

• Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire. [1]

638

January 23

• Start of Islamic calendar. [1]

March 11

• Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies. [1]

October 12

• Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

639

January 19

• Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies. [1]

640

May 28

• Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638). [1]

August 2

• Severinus ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

December 24

• John IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

641

February 11

• Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about age 65. [1] [346.10]

May 13

• Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon. [1]

642

February 29

• Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle. [1]

October 12

• John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

November 24

• Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

644

December 8

• Omar I, second kalief of Islam, murdered. [1]

December 14

• Osman ibn Affan, appointed third kalief of islam. [1]

649

May 2

• Maruta of Tagrit, theology/first mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies. [1]

May 14

• Theodore I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

July 5

• Death of Saint Goar; notable priest of Trier (Germany). [37]
• Saint Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

653

June 17

• Saint Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

654

August 10

• Saint Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

656

February 1

• Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about age 25. [1]

December 9

• Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion. [1]

657

June 2

• Saint Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

July 30

• Saint Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

659

March 17

• Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about age 32. [1]

660

December 1

• Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies. [1]

661

January 24

• Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered. [1]

672

January 27

• Saint Vitalian dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

April 11

• Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

673

September 24

• Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church. [1]

676

June 17

• Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

November 2

• Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

678

April 11

• Donus dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

June 27

• Saint Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

679

December 23

• Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered. [1]

680

April 18

• Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies. [1]

October 9

• Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom. [1]

November 7

• Third Council of Constantinople (sixth ecumenical council) opens. [1]

681

January 10

• Saint Agatho dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

682

August 17

• Saint Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

683

July 3

• Saint Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

684

June 26

• Saint Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

685

May 7

• Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, fourth kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies. [1]

May 8

• Saint Benedict II dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

May 20

• Picts win Battle of Dunnichen. [241.9]

May 21

• Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians. [1]

July 23

• John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

686

August 2

• John V ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

October 21

• Conon begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

687

September 21

• Conon ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

December 15

• Saint Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Conon. [1]

689

January 12

• Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies. [1]

695

December 17

• Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies. [1]

701

September 9

• Saint Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

October 30

• John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

705

January 11

• John VI dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

March 1

• John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

707

October 18

• John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

708

January 15

• Sisinnius begins his reign as Catholic Pope (dies 20 days later). [1]

February 4

• Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies. [1]

March 25

• Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

709

April 24

• Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about age 76. [1]

May 25

• Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, England, abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about age 69. [1]

711

April 14

• Childebert III, king of French, dies at about age 27. [1]

December 11

• Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about age 42. [1]

714

December 16

• Pippin II of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies. [1]

715

April 9

• Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies. [1]

May 19

• Saint Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

722

January 1

• Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord. [1]

727

May 30

• Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about age 72. [1]

729

April 24

• Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at age 89. [1]

731

February 11

• Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies. [1]

March 18

• Saint Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

732

February 15

• Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line. [1]

735

May 26

• Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about age 62. [1]

741

November 28

• Saint Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

December 3

• Saint Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III. [1]

742

April 2

• Birth of Charlemagne, first Holy Roman emperor (800-14). [1]

743

February 6

• Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, tenth Muslim caliph, dies at about age 52. [1]

March 1

• Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited. [1]

749

January 25

• Birth of Leo IV (the Khazar), Byzantine emperor (775-80). [1]

752

March 15

• Zachary Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies. [1]

March 26

• Pope Stephen II dies only four days after his election. [1]

754

January 7

• Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion. [1]

April 14

• Pact of Quierzy between Pope Stephen II, [III] and Pippin the Korte. [1]

756

May 15

• Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain. [1]

757

April 26

• Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I. [1]
• Stephen II Pope (752-57), dies. [1]

760

May 22

• Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]

765

December 31

• Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China. [1]

766

March 6

• Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about age 50. [1]

767

June 28

• Saint Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

July 5

• Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

768

July 30

• Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

July 31

• Philip begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

August 7

• Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

771

December 4

• Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about age 20. [1]
• Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France. [1]

772

January 24

• Stephen III dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

February 1

• Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/Governor of Hang-tsjow. [1]

774

April 6

• Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy. [1]

779

February 25

• Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies. [1]

787

September 24

• Second Council of Nicaea (seventh ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor. [1]

793

June 8

• Vikings raid Lindisfarne. [241.9]

794

January 8

• Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings. [1]

795

December 25

• Adrian I Italian Pope (772-95), dies. [1]

December 26

• Saint Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]

799

April 13

• Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi Longobardisch, writer, dies. [1]