Events

By place

Europe

• Ceawlin of Wessex becomes King of Wessex (traditional date).

• Æthelbert succeeds his father Eormenric as king of Kent (traditional date).

• Adda succeeds his brother Glappa as king of Bernicia (traditional date).

• Aella becomes king of Deira (traditional date).

• Custennin ap Cado abdicates as King of Dumnonia, and retires to a monastery where he is eventually murdered. He is succeeded by his son Gerren II rac Dehau.

By topic

Religion

• Saint Columba quarrels with Saint Finnian over authorship of a psalter, leading to a pitched battle the next year.

Births

• Isidore of Seville, archbishop and scholar

Deaths

• Cynric of Wessex, king of Wessex (traditional date)

• Eormenric, king of Kent (traditional date)

• Northern Qi Fei Di, Chinese ruler

• Glappa, king of Bernicia (traditional date)

• Chen Chang

• Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou

• Yang Yin