Events By Place Asia The Sui Dynasty ends and the Tang Dynasty begins in China. The first emperor of the Tang Dynasty is Tang Gao Zu. A civil war begins in Medina. Births Li Tai Deaths Pope Adeodatus I Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, king of Munster in Ireland Saint Kevin of Glendalough, Christian hermit of Ireland Dou Wei, a Chinese official of the Sui Dynasty who served briefly as chancellor for the Tang Dynasty until his death (of illness) in the same month Xue Ju Xue Rengao… (More on 618)