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Events 

 By place 

 Europe 
 Clotaire II, king of the Franks, makes his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia.
 Samo, reputedly a Frankish merchant, is elected King of the Slavs in Moravia, Slovakia and Lower Austria.

 By topic 

 Art 
 Tori Busshi makes "Shaka Triad", in the kon-dō, Horyu-ji. Asuka period (approximate date).

 Births 

 Deaths 
 Jizang, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 549)
 Liu Heita
 Princess Pingyang
 Su Wei
 Xu Yuanlang