The world in 619 AD — what happened that year

12 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

China (11)

• Li Gui was captured by his subordinate An Xinggui and surrendered, and Hexi was pacified. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書 卷1 武德2年 5月)
• Pei Ji fought Song Jin'gang, general of Liu Wuzhou, at Jiezhou and was defeated. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書 卷1 武德2年)
• Qi Prince Li Yuanji, pressed by Liu Wuzhou, fled to Chang'an and Bingzhou fell. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書 卷1 武德2年)
• Dou Jiande took Liyang and seized all of the lands of Shandong. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書 卷1 武德2年 11月)
• The zu-yong-diao system of taxation (levies of grain, labor and cloth) was first established. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書 卷001 高祖 武德2年2月)
• Wang Shichong deposed Yang Tong, Prince of Yue, and declared himself emperor (the Zheng state). (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書 卷001 高祖 武德2年4月)
• Li Yuanji, Prince of Qi, fought Liu Wuzhou at Yuci and was defeated. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書 卷001 高祖 武德2年4月)
• An Xiuren, a general of Liangzhou, captured Li Gui and surrendered. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書 卷001 高祖 武德2年5月)
• He left Longmen Pass and garrisoned at Bobi to resist Liu Wuzhou and Song Jin'gang. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書 卷002 太宗 武德2年11月)
• In March 619, Dou Jiande takes Yoseong; Wang Cong captures Shan Guo and rebukes him; when Shan Guo tries to kill himself, Song Zhengben stops him; because Jiande does not show him due courtesy, Shan Guo flees to Xiangzhou. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권187 619년 항)

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Western Europe (1)

• Archbishop Mellitus put out a fire at Canterbury by prayer. (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede HE 2.7)

Same events recorded in this year

• Liangzhou (619) — the same event in Old Book of Tang and New Book of Tang

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