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Heraclius becomes emporer of Constantinople
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Persians steal the Jerusalem Cross
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The Persian Empire is taken over by the Byzantines and the Jeruslem Cross is recovered
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Benedictine missionaries complete the conversion of England begun by St. Gregory the Great.
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Irish monks establish early-medieval art.
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German princes abolish the hereditary claim to the throne and establish the right to elect new rulers.
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The black deat appears in Europe or the first time
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Charlemagne is crowned emperor by the pope in Rome.
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Otto the Great is crowned king in Germany.
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Otto the Great is named emperor in Rome after defeating the Hungarians.