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|- ! A.D. !! |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 493. || Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, conquered Italy and became King of Italy, but was nominally subject to Constantinople. (Gothic kings in Italy. Goths settled on special confiscated lands as a garrison.) |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 527. || Justinian emperor. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 528. || Mihiragula, the (Ephthalite) Attila of India, overthrown. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 529. || Justinian closed the schools at Athens, which had flourished nearly a thousand years. Belisarius (Justinian's general) took Naples. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 531. || Chosroes I began to reign. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 543. || Great plague in Constantinople. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 544. || St. Benedict died. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 553. || Goths expelled from Italy by Justinian. Cassiodorus founded his monastery. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 565. || Justinian died. The Lombards conquered most of North Italy (leaving Ravenna and Rome Byzantine). The Turks broke up the Ephthalites in Western Turkestan. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 570. || Muhammad born. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 579. || Chosroes I died.
(The Lombards dominant in Italy.) |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 590. || Plague raged in Rome. (Gregory the Great—Gregory I—and the vision of St. Angelo.) Chosroes II began to reign. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 610. || Heraclius began to reign. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 619. || Chosroes II held Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus, and had armies on Hellespont. Tang dynasty began in China. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 622. || The Hegira. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 623. || Battle of Badr. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 627. || Great Persian defeat at Nineveh by Heraclius. The Meccan Allies besieged Medina. Tai-tsung became Emperor of China. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 628. || Kavadh II murdered and succeeded his father, Chosroes II.
Muhammad wrote letters to all the rulers of the earth. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 629. || Yuan Chwang started for India. Muhammad entered Mecca. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 631. || Tai-tsung received Nestorian missionaries. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 632. || Muhammad died. Abu Bekr Caliph. |}