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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
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493. | Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, conquered Italy and became King of Italy, but was nominally subject to Constantinople. (Gothic kings in Italy. Goths settled on special confiscated lands as a garrison.) |
527. | Justinian emperor. |
528. | Mihiragula, the (Ephthalite) Attila of India, overthrown. |
529. | Justinian closed the schools at Athens, which had flourished nearly a thousand years. Belisarius (Justinian's general) took Naples. |
531. | Chosroes I began to reign. |
543. | Great plague in Constantinople. |
544. | St. Benedict died. |
553. | Goths expelled from Italy by Justinian. Cassiodorus founded his monastery. |
565. | Justinian died. The Lombards conquered most of North Italy (leaving Ravenna and Rome Byzantine). The Turks broke up the Ephthalites in Western Turkestan. |
570. | Muhammad born. |
579. | Chosroes I died. (The Lombards dominant in Italy.) |
590. | Plague raged in Rome. (Gregory the Great—Gregory I—and the vision of St. Angelo.) Chosroes II began to reign. |
610. | Heraclius began to reign. |
619. | Chosroes II held Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus, and had armies on Hellespont. Tang dynasty began in China. |
622. | The Hegira. |
623. | Battle of Badr. |
627. | Great Persian defeat at Nineveh by Heraclius. The Meccan Allies besieged Medina. Tai-tsung became Emperor of China. |
628. | Kavadh II murdered and succeeded his father, Chosroes II. Muhammad wrote letters to all the rulers of the earth. |
629. | Yuan Chwang started for India. Muhammad entered Mecca. |
631. | Tai-tsung received Nestorian missionaries. |
632. | Muhammad died. Abu Bekr Caliph. |