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[[File:Sasanian Empire 621 A.D.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Sasanian Empire]] ca. 620]]
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Year '''620''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The designation 620 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628#Anatolia|Byzantine–Sassanid War]]: King [[Khosrau II]] captures [[Ankara|Ancyra]], an important [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] military base in central [[Anatolia]]. After the conquest of [[Diocese of Egypt (Late Antiquity)|Egypt]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], he restores the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] as it existed in 490 BC under [[Darius I]]. 
* The [[Slavs]] invade the area around [[Thessaloniki]], which is unsuccessfully [[Siege|besieged]]. The city becomes a Byzantine enclave surrounded by Slavic territory. Urban life disappears and many towns in the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]] become villages.{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=36}}

==== Britain ====
* The [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] under King [[Edwin of Northumbria]] invade [[Rheged]] ([[Hen Ogledd|"Old North"]]) in [[Northern England]], and expel King [[Llywarch Hen]]. He flees to [[Powys]], and becomes a famous [[bard]]. Edwin's armies fight against [[Gododdin]] and [[Strathclyde]].

==== Asia====
* King [[Pulakeshin II]] defeats the [[Harsha]] army on the banks of the [[Narmada River]]. Harsha loses a major part of his [[elephant]] force and retreats. A truce establishes Narmada as the northern boundary of the [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukya Kingdom]] (India).

==== America ====
* The town of [[Cholula, Puebla|Cholula]] is founded in central [[Mexico]] (later said to be the oldest continuously occupied town in all of [[North America]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Weltenburg Abbey]] in [[Bavaria]] ([[Germany]]) is founded by [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monks.
* [[Isra and Mi'raj]] (Muhammad's ascension to heaven to meet [[Allah|Allah]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Li Tai]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[652]])
* [[Cedd]], [[bishop of London]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Chuluo Khan]], ruler of the [[Göktürks|Eastern Turkic Khaganate]]
* [[Eleutherius (exarch)|Eleutherius]], Byzantine exarch of [[Ravenna]] 
* [[Shen Faxing]], official of the [[Sui dynasty]]

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* [[Basolus]], Frankish [[missionary]]
* [[Imerius of Immertal]], Swiss monk
* [[John the Merciful]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]]
* [[Saint Mirin|Mirin]], Irish monk and [[missionary]]
* [[Seanach Garbh]], Irish abbot

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* <!--Fine 1991-->{{The Early Medieval Balkans}}
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