• The Persians capture Alexandria.
• Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent.
• Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the army of Powys
• Aethelfrith meets Rædwald and the army of East Anglia in the Battle of the River Idle[?], is slain by Raedwald.
• Edwin becomes king of Deira
• Rædwald of East Anglia becomes Bretwalda, succeeding Ethelbert of Kent.

Births

Deaths

• Ethelbert, king of Kent and Bretwalda
• Seabert[?], king of Essex (approximate date)
• Aethelfrith, king of Northumbria (killed in battle)