What happened in 639?
4 recorded events in 639, including 2 in people and 2 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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Siege of Pelusium
639–640 siege
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Siege of Memphis
639–640 siege
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People 2
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Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah died
Companion of Muhammad and military leader (583–639)
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Wang Gui died
Chinese politician during the Sui and Tang dynasties (571-639)
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 639.
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Potala Palace
7th-century Tibetan fortress and palace in Lhasa, rebuilt in the 17th century as the winter seat of the Dalai Lamas
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Battle of the Iron Bridge
637 Muslim Byzantine battle
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Siege of Aleppo
637 siege during the Byzantine-Arab wars
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Honorius I died
Pope
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Sergius I of Constantinople died
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 610 to 638 (565-638)
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Siege of Germanicia
Siege
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Severinus died
7th-century pope
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Battle of Heliopolis
640 AD decisive battle during the Muslim conquest of Egypt
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Wang Xiaotong died
Chinese mathematician
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Siege of Alexandria
641 siege
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Siege of Shushtar
Ancient battle in the Muslim conquest of Khuzestan
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Battle of Sebennytos
641 battle
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