7th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 610 | Avars attempt to invade Italy. After their power is weakened, a relatively independent March of Slavs (Marca Vinedorum) appears. | |
| 623 | Uprising of Slavs led by Samo1 against Avars. Samo's Tribal Union is formed. | |
| 631 | The Battle of Wogastisburg (probably Forchheim) between Samo's army and Austrasian forces, led by Merovingian king Dagobert I of the Franks (603-639, reigned 629-639). | |
| 658 | Samo's death. The Tribal Union declines, but a part of the March of Slavs maintains independence and becomes known in historical sources under the name of Carantania. The center of Karantania was Zollfeld, north of modern Klagenfurt. |
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