637

Centuries:	6th century · 7th century · 8th century
Decades:	600s 610s 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s
Years:	634 635 636 637 638 639 640

637 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	637 DCXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1390
Armenian calendar	86 ԹՎ ՁԶ
Bahá'í calendar	-1207 – -1206
Bengali calendar	44
Berber calendar	1587
Buddhist calendar	1181
Burmese calendar	-1
Byzantine calendar	6145 – 6146
Chinese calendar	丙申年十一月三十日 (3273/3333-11-30) — to — 丁酉年十二月初十日 (3274/3334-12-10)
Coptic calendar	353 – 354
Ethiopian calendar	629 – 630
Hebrew calendar	4397 – 4398
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	693 – 694
- Shaka Samvat	559 – 560
- Kali Yuga	3738 – 3739
Holocene calendar	10637
Iranian calendar	15 – 16
Islamic calendar	15 – 16
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2970
Thai solar calendar	1180

Contents 1 Events 1.1 By place 1.1.1 Europe 1.1.2 Asia 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

By place

Europe

• Battle of Mag Rath: Dál Riata influence in Ulster is greatly reduced or ended.

Asia

• Following the victory in the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah, the Rashidun Caliphate takes the Persian capital of Ctesiphon.
• Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Jerusalem, Aleppo and Antioch.
• Chang'an, capital of China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire.[1]
• Songtsen Gampo builds the first palace on the site of the Potala Palace.

Births

Deaths

• Wen Yanbo, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 575)