643

Years: 639 640 641 642 - 643 - 644 645 646 647

Decades: 610s 620s 630s - 640s - 650s 660s 670s

Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century

Events

• Rothari, King of the Lombards, issues the Lombard law code.
• The last Sassanid king of Persia flees to China.
• Earliest surviving dated Arabic papyrus and earliest known dotted Arabic text, PERF 558, written