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Europe

• The Lombard–Gepid War ends with a Lombard-Avar victory, and the annihilation of the Gepids.
• Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, marries Brunhilda, and his half brother Chilperic I marries Galswintha, both daughters of the Visigothic king Athanagild.
• King Charibert I dies without an heir; his realm is divided between his brothers Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I.
• Liuva I succeeds his predecessor Athanagild after an interregnum of five months and becomes king of the Visigoths.

  China

• Three Disasters of Wu: Emperor Wu Di of the Northern Zhou dynasty initiates the second persecution of Buddhists in China. This persecution continues until he is succeeded by his son Emperor Xuan.

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Religion

• The Second Council of Tours is held. It decrees that any cleric found in bed with his wife will be excommunicated.
• John III, patriarch of Constantinople, organizes a compromise between the Chalcedonians and Monophysites.