- Aug 5 Battle of Maserfield - British Anglo-Saxon king Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia
- Sep 17 Arab forces under Amr ibn al-'As conquer Alexandria
- Oct 12 John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- Nov 24 Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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Leo X
Pius V