632
King
Yazdegerd III of
Persia (632–651)
Year 632 (DCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 632 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
By place
Arabia
- March 18 (approximate) – Muhammad makes his final sermon to the Muslims. It is believed by Shia to be the appointment of Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. The Imamah (Shia doctrine) of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, for the religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah, begins.
- June 8 – Muhammad dies at Medina at the age of 62, after an illness and fever.
- June – Abu Bakr (born Abdallah ibn Uthman ibn Amir, better known by his Islamic laqab Al-Siddiq) becomes the Caliph.
- June – The first caliph, Abu Bakr, sends an expedition to Balqa, Byzantine Empire, led by Usama ibn Zayd. This expedition is sent based on Muhammad's decision before his death.
- Ridda Wars: Abu Bakr launches a series of military campaigns against rebel Arabian tribes, to re-establish the power of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and to secure Muhammad's legacy.
- September – Battle of Buzakha: An Islamic column (6,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the Apostate rebels under Tulayha, near Ha'il (Saudi Arabia).
- December – Battle of Aqraba: The Muslim forces of Abu Bakr defeat the Apostate rebels (40,000 men) under Musaylimah, on the plain of Aqraba.
Europe
- April 8 – King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye (Gironde), (possibly on orders of his half-brother Dagobert I), along with his infant son. Dagobert I claims Aquitaine and Gascony, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in the West.
- Part of Samo's rebellion, Alciocus leads 9,000 Bulgars from Pannonia to refuge with Dagobert (who massacres them), then, with 700 survivors, settles with the Wends, under the protection of Walluc.
- Kubrat, ruler of the Dulo clan, takes power from the Pannonian Avars and establishes Old Great Bulgaria in the area of Black Cumania. Kubrat's rule stretches from Dacia to Poltava.
Persia
Asia
Armenia
Religion
Births
Deaths
- January 27 – Ibrahim, son of Muhammad
- January 31 – Máedóc, bishop of Ferns
- April 8 – Charibert II, king of Aquitaine
- June 8 – Muhammad, Islamic Prophet (b. 570)
- August 11 – Rusticula (b. c. 556), abbess of Arles
- August 28 – Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad
- October 12 or 633 – Edwin of Northumbria, king of Deira and Bernicia
- October 29 – Saint Colman mac Duagh, Irish abbot and bishop
- Abu Dujana, companion of Muhammad
- Chilperic, son of Charibert II
- Abdullah ibn Suhayl (b. 594) (martyred)
- Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (b. 581) (martyred)
- Salim Mawla Abu Hudhayfa (b. c. 594–596) (martyred)
- Zayd ibn al-Khattab (b. before 584) (martyred)
- Musaylimah, Arabian prophet
References
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- ^ Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans
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- ^ "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
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