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Europe

Clotaire II reunites the Frankish kingdoms by ordering the murder of Sigebert II.
Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the Welsh and their allies at Chester.

Asia

Shahrbaraz of Persia captures Damascus.

Isanapura becomes the capital of the Cambodian kingdom of Chenla.

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Religion

Jewish tradition holds that there are 613 Commandments (Hebrew: תרי"ג מצוות‎ Mitzvot transliterated as Taryag mitzvot; TaRYaG is the gematria for the number "613") contained in the Torah, the Five Books of Moses. Traditionally, the 613 commandments or 613 Mitzvot are either "positive commandments" to perform an act (mitzvot aseh) or "negative commandments" to abstain from certain acts (mitzvot lo taaseh). There are 365 negative commandments, corresponding to the number of days in a solar year, and 248 positive commandments, ascribed to the number of bones and significant organs in the human body.[1] Though the number 613 is mentioned in the Talmud, its real significance increased in later medieval rabbinic literature, including many works listing or arranged by the mitzvot.
Three of the negative commandments fall under the category of yehareg ve'al ya'avor, meaning "One should let himself be killed rather than violate it". These are murder, idolatry, and forbidden sexual relations.[2]
Many of the mitzvot can't be observed following the destruction of the Second Temple, though they still retain religious significance. According to one standard reckoning, there are 77 negative and 194 positive commandments that can be observed today.

The Abbey of St. Gall is founded.

Muhammad begins preaching Islam in public.

Births

Deaths

Brunhilda, Queen of Austrasia

Theuderic II, king of Austrasia

Sigebert II, king of Austrasia

Bledric ap Custennin, king of Dumnonia

Yang Xuangan

Marriages

Heraclius, Byzantine Emperor (to his own niece, Martina)Further Information

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