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Period: 527 to 565
Reign of Justinian
Info taken from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I"
"One of the most important figures of late antiquity and possibly the last Roman emperor to speak Latin as a first language,[3] Justinian's rule constitutes a distinct epoch in the history of the Later Roman empire. The impact of his administration extended far beyond the boundaries of his time and domain. Justinian's reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized renovatio imperii, or "restoration of the Empire". -
541
Plague of Justinian
Info taken from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian"
"The Plague of Justinian (541–542) was a pandemic that afflicted the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), especially its capital Constantinople, the Sassanid Empire and Mediterranean port cities.[1] It has been called one of the greatest plagues in history. Recent research has confirmed that the cause of the pandemic was Yersinia pestis, the organism responsible for bubonic plague.[2][3] The plague's social and cultural impa -
Feb 2, 610
Muhammad Receives Visions
In 610 AD, Muhammad claimed to have received visions from the angel Gabriel. These visions would eventually become the holy book of Islam, the Quran. -
Feb 2, 622
Muhammad & the Hijra
In 622 CE, warned of a plot to assassinate him, Muhammad secretly escaped out of Mecca with Abu Bakr.[5] Muhammad and his followers immigrated to the city of Yathrib, 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Mecca, in several steps. Yathrib was soon renamed Madinat un-Nabi, literally "the City of the Prophet", but un-Nabi was soon dropped, so its name in English is Medina, meaning "the city". (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(Islam) -
Feb 2, 632
Abu Bakr Succeeds Muhammad
Abu Bakr [1] was a senior companion (Sahabi) and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 CE, when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death.[2] As Caliph, Abu Bakr succeeded to the political and administrative functions previously exercised by Muhammad. He was called Al-Siddiq (The Truthful)[3] and was known by that title among later generations of Muslims.
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Feb 2, 711
Muslim Conquest of Spain
The Umayyad conquest of Hispania is the initial expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate over Hispania largely extending from 711 to 788. The conquest resulted in the destruction of the Visigothic Kingdom and the establishment of the independent Emirate of Cordova under Abd-ar-Rahman I, who completed the unification of Muslim-ruled Iberia, or al-Andalus (756–788).
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Oct 2, 732
Battle of Tours (Poitiers) France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours The Battle of Tours (October 732),[27] also called the Battle of Poitiers and in Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء (ma'arakat Balâṭ ash-Shuhadâ - Battle of the Palace of Martyrs)[28][29][30] was fought in an area between the cities of Poitiers and Tours, in north-central France, near the village of Moussais-la-Bataille, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Poitiers. -
Feb 2, 1054
East-West Schism
Info taken from "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/587056/Schism-of-1054"
"Schism of 1054, also called East–West Schism, event that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches (led by the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius) and the Western Church (led by Pope Leo IX). The mutual excommunications by the Pope and the Patriarch that year became a watershed in church history. " -
Edict of Thessalonica
Excerpt taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church_of_the_Roman_Empire "On 27 February of the previous year, Theodosius I established, with the Edict of Thessalonica, the Christianity of the First Council of Nicaea as the official state religion, reserving for its followers the title of Catholic Christians and declaring that those who did not follow the religion taught by Pope Damasus I of Rome and Pope Peter of Alexandria were to be called heretics:[36] It is our desire that all th -
China Unified Under Sui Dynasty
The Sui dynasty (581–618 AD)[1] was a short-lived Imperial Chinese dynasty. Preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it unified China for the first time after over a century of north-south division. It was followed by the Tang dynasty.
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Reign of Clovis I
Info taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_I "Clovis (Latin Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish Chlodowig;[1] c. 466 – c. 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.[2] He is considered the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Franks for the next two centuries. Clovis was t
