637
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| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 600s 610s 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s |
| Years: | 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 |
| 637 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 637 DCXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1390 |
| Armenian calendar | 86 ԹՎ ՁԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1207 – -1206 |
| Berber calendar | 1587 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1181 |
| Burmese calendar | -1 |
| Chinese calendar | 3273/3333-11-30 (丙申年十一月三十日) — to —
3274/3334-12-10(丁酉年十二月初十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 353 – 354 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 629 – 630 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4397 – 4398 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 692 – 693 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 559 – 560 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3738 – 3739 |
| Holocene calendar | 10637 |
| Iranian calendar | 15 – 16 |
| Islamic calendar | 15 – 16 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2970 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1180 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
[edit] Asia
- Battle of al-Qādisiyyah: The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sassanid army, eventually taking the Persian capital of Ctesiphon.
- Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Jerusalem.
- Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Aleppo.
- Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Antioch and take control of north-eastern Anatolia.
- Chang'an, capital of China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire.[1]
- Songtsen Gampo builds the first palace on the site of the Potala Palace.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Wen Yanbo, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 575)
