the Uranah valley of Mount Arafat, to the Muslims who have accompanied him for the Hajj (pilgrimage). June 8 – Muhammad dies in Medina, at the age of 62, and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph (viceregent of the messenger of God). He establishes the Rashidun Caliphate until 661. Xuanzang, Chinese traveler, writes about two huge statues of Buddha carved out of a mountainside in the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan). Births Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, Arab general (d. 702) Vindicianus, bishop of Cambrai (approximate date) Deaths January 31 – Máedóc, bishop of Ferns April 8 – Charibert II, king of Aquitaine June 8 – Muhammad, Islamic Prophet (b. 570) August 11 – Rusticula (b. c. 556), abbess of Arles August 28 – Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad October 12 or 633 – Edwin of Northumbria, king of Deira and Bernicia October 29 – Saint Colman mac Duagh, Irish abbot and bishop Abu Dujana, companion of Muhammad Chilperic, son of Charibert II Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, son of Muhammad Abdullah ibn Suhayl (b. 594) (martyred) Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (b. 581) (martyred) Salim Mawla Abu Hudhayfa (b. c. 594–596) (martyred) Zayd ibn al-Khattab (b. before 584) (martyred) Musaylimah, Arabian prophet References