632

Year 632 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 632 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

March 18 - Muhammad makes his final sermon to the Muslims. It is believed by Shia to be the appointment of Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. The Imamah (Shia doctrine) of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, for the religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah, begins.
June 8 - Muhammad dies at Medina at the age of 63, after an illness and fever.
June - Abu Bakr becomes the Caliph.
June - The first caliph, Abu Bakr, sends an expedition to Balqa, Byzantine Empire, led by Usama ibn Zayd. This expedition is sent based on Muhammad's decision before his death.
Ridda Wars: Abu Bakr launches a series of military campaigns against rebel Arabian tribes, to re-establish the power of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and to secure Muhammad's legacy.
September - Battle of Buzakha: An Islamic column under Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the Apostate rebels under Tulayha, near Ha'il.
December - Battle of Aqraba: The Muslim forces of Abu Bakr defeat the Apostate rebels under Musaylimah, on the plain of Aqraba.

April 8 - King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye,, along with his infant son. Dagobert I claims Aquitaine and Gascony, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in the West.
Part of Samo's rebellion, Alciocus leads 9,000 Bulgars from Pannonia to refuge with Dagobert, then, with 700 survivors, settles with the Wends, under the protection of Walluc.
Kubrat, ruler of the Dulo clan, takes power from the Pannonian Avars and establishes Old Great Bulgaria in the area of Black Cumania. Kubrat's rule stretches from Dacia to Poltava.

June 16 - Yazdegerd III, age 8, ascends to the throne as king of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sassanid Dynasty.

March 6 - The Farewell Sermon is delivered by Muhammad, Islamic prophet, in the Uranah valley of Mount Arafat, to the Muslims who have accompanied him for the Hajj.
June 8 - Muhammad dies in Medina, at the age of 62, and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph. 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.