615 - Definition and Overview

Events

• The Edict of Paris grants extensive rights to the Frankish nobility.
• The Turks invade China.
• Pope Boniface IV succeeded by Pope Adeodatus I.
• Sac K'uk' succeeded by Pacal the Great as ruler of Palenque.
• Pippin of Landen becomes Mayor of the Austrasian Palace.
• Muslims begin to emigrate to Abyssinia.
• Edwin of Northumbria takes refuge in East Anglia; he marries Cwenburga, daughter of Cearl of Mercia.

Births

• Buyeo Yung, prince of Baekje

Deaths

• November 21 - Saint Columbanus, monastic founder
• Dagobert III - king of the Franks
• Pybba of Mercia (possible date)