General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Deaths: Guntram King of Franks
Europe
- England: Ethelfrith king of Bernicia begins to rule
Drought and locusts
- Franco-German States: Guntram of Franks dies – son 2/4 of Chlothar – son Childebert II rules
Middle East
- Eastern Roman Empires: Emperor Maurice of Byzantine campaigns against the Avars