Calendar year
The Muslim invasion of Egypt (639–642)Year 639 (DCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 639 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
Europe
Arabian Empire
Asia
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
- January 19 – Dagobert I, king of the Franks (b. c. 603)
- February 3 – K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I, ajaw of Piedras Negras
- November 27 – Acarius, bishop of Doornik and Noyon
- Suhayl ibn Amr (b. c. 556)
- Abu Jandal ibn Suhayl (b. 594 - 601)
- Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, commander of the Rashidun Caliphate (b. 583)
- Muadh ibn Jabal, early Muslim scholar
- Shurahbil ibn Hasana, Rashidun Caliphate general
- Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, general of the Rashidun Caliphate
- Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib, king of Munster (Ireland)
- Wang Gui, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 571)
- Yang Gongren, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
References
- ^ Al-Maqrizi, Mawaiz wa al-'i'tibar bi dhikr al-khitat wa al-'athar
- ^ Alfred Butler, "The Invasion of Egypt", p. 213
- ^ Saint Quen of Rouen; trans. Jo Ann McNamara. "The life of Saint Eligius" (Vita Sanci Eligii)