Events

Religion

• July 16—Year one of the Islamic calendar begins, during which the Hijra occurs—Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrate from Mecca to Medina in September.

• Xuanzang is fully ordained as a monk at the age of 20.

Literature

• The first Chinese Encyclopedia, Yiwen Leiju, is completed.

Births

• Xue Yuanchao

Deaths

• Prince Shotoku, Japanese prince, one of the first in that country to support Buddhism

• Andronicus, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria

• Li Zitong

• Lin Shihong

• Liu Wuzhou