Events from 642

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642

4 events
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642 ID: 2546
Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia kills Oswald of Northumbria, Oswald dismembered and becomes martyr
ID: 2546
Oswestry
642 ID: 3907
Theodore I becomes seventy-third pope - attempts to depose Patriarch of Constantinople for heresy
ID: 3907
Rome
642 ID: 4695
Battle of Nihavand - 'Victory of Victories', Arab final defeat of Sassanid army
ID: 4695
Nihavand
642 ID: 5757
Arabs reopen ancient canal - Amr ibn al-As restores connection to supply grain from Egypt to Mecca and Medina
ID: 5757
Cairo
Suez