Hijra
622 · Event
Muhammad and the early Muslim community emigrate from Mecca to Medina; conventional start of the Islamic calendar.
On these timelines: Islam, Major Religions, Master
More from Islam
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Mongol sack of Baghdad (1258)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Sunni-Shia split (656)
- Rashidun Caliphate begins (632)
- Uthman standardises the Quran (650)
Around 622
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Muhammad (570)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Hagia Sophia (532)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Sui dynasty reunifies China (581)