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Calendar year
Year
615
(
DCXV
) was a
common year starting on Wednesday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
. The denomination 615 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
- The
Balkans
are freely overrun by the
Slavs
, who settle in large numbers in what is now
Bulgaria
,
Serbia
,
North Macedonia
and parts of
Greece
. The western territories of modern-day
Yugoslavia
(
Bosnia
,
Croatia
and
Dalmatia
) suffer raids from the
Avars
, who settle in this region.
- The Slavs under
Chatzon
attack in
longboats
along the coasts of
Thessaly
, western
Anatolia
, and various Greek islands. They besiege the
Byzantine
city of
Thessaloniki
in a combined land and sea attack. The Slavs with their families encamp before the
city walls
.
- The city of
Epidaurus
(Dalmatia) is destroyed by the Avars and Slavic invaders. The
Illyrian
refugees flee to the nearby island
Laus
, where they found
Dubrovnik
(Ragusa). The islands of
Rab
,
Krk
and
Cres
become major
food
suppliers for the surviving cities of the mainland.
- Eleutherius
succeeds
John I
as
exarch of Ravenna
. He persecutes those implicated in the murder of John and the judges of the State. After making a courtesy visit to
Pope Adeodatus I
, Eleutherius captures
Naples
and kills the rebel leader
John of Conza
.
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Britain
Mesoamerica
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
References
- ^
Raymond Davis (translator), "The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis)", first edition (Liverpool: University Press, 1989, p. 63
- ^
St Dunawd
,
GENUKI
- ^
Alford Welch, "Muhammad",
Encyclopedia of Islam
- ^
An Introduction to the Quran (1895), p. 185
Sources