The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Overview

Events

• The Unknown Archont leads the Serbs to the Balkans from the north.
• The Roman-Persian Wars end.
• Islam starts in Arabia, the Qur'an is documented.
• Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern England)
• Xuan Zang (aka Hsuan-Tsang) travelled from China to India, before returning to Chang An in China to translate Buddhist scriptures.
• End of sporadic Buddhist rule in the Sindh.
• Serbs and Croats entered their present territory early in the 7th century AD, settling in six distinct tribal delimitations, and setting up early states.
• Teotihuacan is sacked and burnt.
• The religion of Shugendo evolves from Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto and other influences in the mountains of Japan.
• The Bulgars arrive in the Balkans.
• Arab traders penetrate the area of Lake Chad.
• First English poetry
• Library of Alexandria destroyed again
• Tang Dynasty of China

Significant persons

• The Unknown Archont, led the Serbs to the Balkans from the north.
• Antara Ibn Shaddad, Arab poet
• Brahmagupta, Indian mathematician
• Gregory the Great (Pope, 540-604)
• Saint Cuthbert
• Heraclius - Warrior Emperor of Byzantium who won numerous victories against the Sassanids (Persians).
• Emperor Taizong of Tang China
• Muhammad (570-632), Muslim Prophet
• Ali ibn Abi Talib (600-661), cousin of Muhammad, central to Shi'a Islam
• Saint Asaph
• Umar, second caliph of Islam
• Asparuh - Khan of the Bulgars

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The stirrup introduced to Persia from China, late 7th century
• Earliest known record of the game Chatrang, predecessor to Chess

Decades and years

7th century | Centuries

7de eeu | 7. Jahrhundert | قرن 7 | Sieglu VII | 7. vijek | VIIvet kantved | 7 век | Segle VII | 7. století | 7. århundrede | 7. Jahrhundert | 7. sajand | 7ος αιώνας | Siglo VII | 7-a jarcento | VII. mendea | VIIe siècle | 7e ieu | 7세기 | 7. stoljeće | 7ma yar-cento | Abad ke-7 | 7. öldin | VII secolo | המאה ה-7 | Abad kaping 7 | 7ves kansblydhen | Saeculum 7 | 7. Joerhonnert | VII amžius | Zevende iew | 7. század | 7 век | 7e eeuw | 7世紀 | 7. århundre | 600-talet | VII wiek | Século VII | Secolul VII | VII век | Shekulli VII | Sèculu VII | 7th century | 7. stoletje | 7. век | 600-luku | 600-talet | 7. yöz | คริสต์ศตวรรษที่ 7 | 7. yüzyıl | 7 століття | 7世纪