630

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	610s 620s 630s 640s 650s
Years:	627 628 629 630 631 632 633

630 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	630 DCXXX
Ab urbe condita	1383
Armenian calendar	79 ԹՎ ՀԹ
Assyrian calendar	5380
Balinese saka calendar	551–552
Bengali calendar	36–37
Berber calendar	1580
Buddhist calendar	1174
Burmese calendar	−8
Byzantine calendar	6138–6139
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3327 or 3120     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3328 or 3121
Coptic calendar	346–347
Discordian calendar	1796
Ethiopian calendar	622–623
Hebrew calendar	4390–4391
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	686–687
- Shaka Samvat	551–552
- Kali Yuga	3730–3731
Holocene calendar	10630
Iranian calendar	8–9
Islamic calendar	8–9
Japanese calendar	N/A
Javanese calendar	520–521
Julian calendar	630 DCXXX
Korean calendar	2963
Minguo calendar	1282 before ROC 民前1282年
Nanakshahi calendar	−838
Seleucid era	941/942 AG
Thai solar calendar	1172–1173
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 756 or 375 or −397     — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 757 or 376 or −396

Muhammad (veiled face) advancing on Mecca

Year 630 (DCXXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 630 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

• March 21 – Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. He tries to promote Monothelitism, which is rejected by the Christians.[1]
• Heraclius issues a decree that all Jews must become Christian; a massacre follows around Jerusalem and in Galilee (Israel), some survivors fleeing to the Daraa area.[2]
• Chorpan Tarkhan, general of the Khazars, invades and devastates Roman Armenia. He defeats a Persian cavalry force (10,000 men) sent by Shahrbaraz to repel the invasion.

Central America

• October 1 – Tajoom Ukʼab Kʼahkʼ, the ruler of the Mayan city state of Calakmul in southern Mexico dies after a reign of eight years and is succeeded by Cauac, who reigns until 636.

Scandinavia

• Yngling King Olof Trätälja founds a colony in Värmland. He is expelled from his native Västergötland (in modern-day Sweden) (according to the Ynglingatal).

Britain

• King Ricberht of East Anglia dies and is succeeded by Sigeberht, who returns from exile in France. He rules together with his kinsman Ecgric, re-establishing Christianity.
• King Penda of Mercia besieges Exeter in southwest England. King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd lands with a force nearby, and negotiates an alliance with Penda.
• Eanswith, daughter of King Eadbald of Kent, founds the Benedictine Folkestone Priory, the first nunnery in England.[3]

Persia

• April 27 – King Ardashir III, age 9, is murdered after an 18 month reign. He is succeeded by Shahrbaraz who becomes ruler (shah) of the Sasanian Empire.[4]
• June 9 – Shahrbaraz is killed and succeeded by Borandukht, daughter of former king Khosrow II. She ascends the throne as 26th monarch of Persia.

Arabia

• January – Battle of Hunayn: Muhammad defeats the Bedouin tribe of Hawazin (12,000 men) in a valley, on one of the roads leading to Ta'if (Western Arabia).
• February 5 – Siege of Ta'if: Muhammad begins to besiege Ta'if and brings battering rams and catapults to suppress the fortress city, but is unable to penetrate it.[5]
• December 11 – Conquest of Mecca: A Muslim army (10,000 men) marches on Mecca, which surrenders. Muhammad takes the city from the Quraysh

Asia

• Illig Qaghan, ruler (khagan) of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, is captured by Li Jing during the Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks.

By topic

Religion

• Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), travels across the Gobi Desert to Kumul. Following the Tian Shan mountain range of Central Asia westwards, he arrives in Turpan.

Births

• November 7 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)
• Alhfrith, king of Deira (approximate date)
• Conon I, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
• Di Renjie, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 700)
• Fausta, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
• Nukata, Japanese poet (approximate date)
• Reineldis, Frankisch saint (approximate date)
• Sigebert III, king of Austrasia (approximate date)

Deaths

• April 27 – Ardashir III, king of the Persian Empire
• June 9 – Shahrbaraz, king of the Persian Empire
• Du Ruhui, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 585)
• Ricberht, king of East Anglia (approximate date)

References

1. Whitby, Michael (2002). Rome at War AD 293–696. London: Osprey. p. 76. ISBN 1-84176-359-4.
2. Nicolle 1994, p. 62.
3. Yorke, Barbara (2003). Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses. London: Continuum. p. 23. ISBN 0-8264-6040-2.
4. Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sassanid Empire. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 181–183. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
5. Muir, William (1861). The Life of Mahomet and the History of Islam. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder. p. 145.

Sources

• Nicolle, David (1994). Yarmuk 636 AD: The Muslim conquest of Syria. London: Osprey. p. 62. ISBN 1-85532-414-8.