622

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	590s  600s  610s  – 620s –  630s  640s  650s
Years:	619 620 621 – 622 – 623 624 625

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  Muhammad's tomb (Green Dome) in Medina

622 (DCXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 622nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 622nd year of the 1st millennium, the 22nd year of the 7th century, and the 3rd year of the 620s decade. As of the start of 622, the Gregorian calendar was 3 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• July 16 — Year one of the Islamic calendar begins.
• September – Hijra (Islam) (Mohammad leave Mecca and go to Medina.)
• Xuanzang is fully ordained as a monk at the age of 20.
• The first Chinese Encyclopedia, Yiwen Leiju, is completed.

Births

• Xue Yuanchao

Deaths

• Prince Shotoku, Japanese prince, one of the first in that country to support Buddhism
• Andronicus, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
• Li Zitong
• Lin Shihong
• Liu Wuzhou