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EVENTS

February 16 - Pope Gregory I decreed that " God Bless You " was the correct response to a Sneeze .

The moldboard Plow is invented in Eastern Europe .

Possibly the first reference to Chess , in the Persia n work Karnamak-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan .

The Persians begin to use Windmill s for Irrigation .

Pope Gregory I codifies what comes to be known as Gregorian Chant .

Construction on the Monastery of St. Catherine is begun on Mount Sinai .

Loma Caldera in El Salvador erupts, burying the Mayan village, Joya De Cerén known as the Pompeii of the Americas .

Irish Missionaries preach in Scotland and Germany .

Chinese -influenced sculptures of Buddha begin to be created in Japan .

Sumatra , Java , and the surrounding islands are converted to Buddhism .

Augustine Of Canterbury converts Ethelbert Of Kent to Christianity (approximate date).

The Hopewell culture of North America ceases to be the dominant culture.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

The population of the Earth rises to about 208 million people.

Smallpox arrives in Europe for the first time.

BIRTHS

Ali Ben Abu Talib , the fourth Caliph of Islam

Candrakirti , Indian Madhyamaka Philosopher

DEATHS

Venance Fortunat , bishop of Poitiers , one of the last representatives of Classical Latin Poetry .

John Climax , ascetic and mystic.

King Beop Of Baekje , king of the Baekje Kingdom Of Korea

600 IN FICTION

600 is one of the time periods the player must travel to in the Super Nintendo video game, Chrono Trigger .