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AD 642: A monastic settlement is founded in Hampshire (England) which later becomes Winchester Cathedral.

 

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AD 643: Taizong commissions artist Yan Liben to paint the life-size portraits of 24 government officials in the Lingyan Pavilion, to commemorate their service and contributions to the founding of the Tang dynasty.

 

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• Tuesday at 11:58 PM

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AD 644: Emperor Taizong sends a Chinese expeditionary force, to invade and annex the Tarim Basin kingdom of Karasahr in Xinjiang.

 

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• Yesterday at 5:43 AM

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AD 645: Alexandria revolts against Arab rule, at the appearance of a Byzantine fleet of 300 ships, and Byzantine forces recapture the city. Abdullah ibn Sa'ad, Arab governor of Egypt, mounts an assault and retakes it. He begins building a Muslim fleet.

 

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• Yesterday at 11:38 AM

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AD 646: Xuanzang completes his book Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, which later becomes one of the primary sources for the study of medieval Central Asia and India.

 

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• Yesterday at 3:41 PM

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AD 647: A stone tower astronomical observatory (named Cheomseongdae) at Gyeongju is constructed in Silla (South Korea) around this time.