Europe
Poets Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria.Henry Bradley (1886). "Cædmon". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 195-201. Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661)
Works Cædmon's Hymn, Old English Dream of the Rood, Old English, possible date Hisperica Famina, Hiberno-Latin
Byzantine Empire
Poets George Pisida, in Greek
Arabic world
Poets Abu 'Afak, from Hijaz, a Jewish poet writing in Arabic Layla al-Akhyaliyya, early Banu Uqayl tribe female poet Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq fl. in Arabia just before the Hejira Eleazar Kalir, from Kirjath-sepher, writing in Hebrew Al-Khansa, in Arabia, early Islamic woman poet Jabal ibn Jawwal, a Jewish convert to Islam, in Arabic
Births of Arab-language poets al-Akhtal (c. 640–710) Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743) Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)
Deaths of Arab-language poets Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625) Antarah ibn Shaddad (525–608) Durayd ibn al-Simma (d. 630) Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674) Labīd (560–661) Qays ibn al-Mullawah (d. 688) al-Tirimmah (died c. 723)
Works Recitation of the Qur'an (approx. 609–632) and compilation of the final version under Uthman (650s?)
China
Poets Luo Binwang (640 – 684), Chinese writer and poet, recognized as of the Four Greats of the Early Tang Wang Bo (649 – 676), Tang dynasty poet Shen Quanqi (650 – 729), Tang dynasty poet He Zhizhang (659 – 744), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty and one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup Chen Zi'ang (661 – 702), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty Shangguan Wan'er (664 – 710), Chinese poet, writer, and politician Zhang Jiuling (673 – 740), prominent minister, noted poet and scholar of the Tang dynasty Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685 – 762), emperor and poet Meng Haoran (689 or 691 – 740), Chinese poet especially of the landscape, history and legends of Xiangyang Wang Changling (698 – 765), Tang dynasty poet
Japan Period of introduction of Chinese literature into Japan
Poets Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 (c. 698 – c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe) Empress Jitō 持統天皇 (645–703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 (c. 662–710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada (c. 630–690), Asuka period poet Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 (c. 662–731) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730 Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 (660–733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology
South Asia
Poets Kappe Arabhatta in Kannada Bhartrihari (approx.), writing in Sanskrit
Timeline 600 – Venantius Fortunatus died about this year (born c. 530), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy 608 – Antarah ibn Shaddad died (born 525), Arabic poet and warrior 615 – Saint Columbanus died (born 543), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer 625 – Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha died (born 570) 630: Durayd ibn al-Simma died Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada, born about this year (died 690), Asuka period poet 640 – al-Akhtal born about this year (died 710) 645 – Empress Jitō 持統天皇 born (died 703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet 657 – Cædmon likely flourishes starting about this year (fl. until c. 680) in Northumbria 660: Kuthayyir born about this year (died c. 723) Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 born (died 733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology; Japanese 661: Labīd died about this year (born c. 560); Arabic poet Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, died; Irish 662: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 born about this year (died 710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 born about this year (died 732) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730 674 – Hassan ibn Thabit died about this year 679 – Kumait Ibn Zaid born (died 743) 680 – Cædmon, last known to be living about this year (fl. starting 657) in Northumbria 688 – Qays ibn al-Mullawah died 698 – Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 born about this year (died c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)
Decades and years
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