General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Entertainment: China prints court newspaper
- Religion: Death of Pope Deusdetit or Adeodatus
- Deaths: Sui (Chinese) Emperor Yang Ti, Pope Deusdetit (Adeodatus)
Asia
- China: Murder of Yang Ti “the Shady” last of the Sui Emperors
End of Sui dynasty - T'ang Dynasty begins in China - founded by T’ai Tsu
Public bureaucracy developed
Europe
- Franco-German States: Mayors present in three parts of Frankish kingdom: Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy