General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Exploration: Willibrord of Utrecht discovers island of Heligoland
- Deaths: Leontius of the Byzantine Empire
Africa
- New city of Tunis built by Arabs near former Carthage - Byzantine area of Africa
Moslem Conquest of North Africa with 10,000 dead
Europe
- Austria: St. Rupert founds Monastery of St. Peter's in Salzburg Austria
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Emperor Leontius deposed by Tiberius III