| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 635 by topic |
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| Leaders |
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| Gregorian calendar | 635 DCXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1388 |
| Armenian calendar | 84 ԹՎ ՁԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5385 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 556–557 |
| Bengali calendar | 42 |
| Berber calendar | 1585 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1179 |
| Burmese calendar | −3 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6143–6144 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3332 or 3125 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3333 or 3126 |
| Coptic calendar | 351–352 |
| Discordian calendar | 1801 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 627–628 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4395–4396 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 691–692 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 556–557 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3735–3736 |
| Holocene calendar | 10635 |
| Iranian calendar | 13–14 |
| Islamic calendar | 13–14 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 525–526 |
| Julian calendar | 635 DCXXXV |
| Korean calendar | 2968 |
| Minguo calendar | 1277 before ROC 民前1277年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −833 |
| Seleucid era | 946/947 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1177–1178 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 761 or 380 or −392 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 762 or 381 or −391 |
Ruins of Lindisfarne Abbey founded by Aidan
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 Heraclius makes an alliance with Kubrat, ruler (khagan) of Great Bulgaria, to break the power of the Avars on the Balkan Peninsula.
Europe
Britain
- King Meurig of Glywysing and Gwent invades Ergyng (Archenfield), and reunites the two Welsh kingdoms (approximate date).
- King Gartnait III dies after a 4-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother Bridei II, as ruler of the Picts.
Arabia
- January – Battle of Fahl: The Rashidun army, (30,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid (known as the "Drawn Sword of God"), defeats the Byzantine forces led by Theodore Trithyrius, at Pella in the Jordan Valley (Jordan).
- Gaza is conquered by the Muslim Arabs under 'Amr ibn al-'As. It becomes the first city in Palestine 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
- Christian missionaries arrive in China: Alopen, bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, preaches Nestorian Christianity to the Tang dynasty.
- Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish missionary, founds the monastery of Lindisfarne 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, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 686)
- 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)
Deaths
- June 25 – Gao zu, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 566)
- Chen Shuda, prince and chancellor of the Tang dynasty
- Gartnait III, king of the Picts
- Wu Shihuo, father of Wu Zetian (b. 559)
References
- ↑ Smith, Julia M. H. (1992). Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians. Cambridge University Press. pp. 19, 21. ISBN 978-0-521-03030-4.
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