Events Ealdormen in Mercia proclaim Wulfhere king, and throw off Northumbrian rule. ... Events Childeric II proclaimed king of Austrasia. ... Events Caliph Ali Ben Abu Talib is assassinated. ... Events The regent Grimuald usurps the kingship of the Lombards, driving Perctarit into exile and killing Godepert Births Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet (approximate date) Deaths Maximus the Confessor, Byzantine theologian Godepert, king of the Lombards Categories: 662 ... Events September, Synod of Whitby Births Deaths Xuanzang, famous Chinese Buddhist monk. ... Events Swithelm succeeded by Sighere and Sebbi as king(s) of Essex Seongnam renamed Hansanju. ... This page is about the year A.D. 666. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 667 ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s Years: 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 Events: 630 - Serbs and Croats settle the Balkans in the provinces of Moesia, Pannonia and Dalmatia 632 - death of... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 590s - 600s _ 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s Years: 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 Events 640 - Egypt and Syria by followers of Mohammed 642 - Occupation of Persia by followers of Mohammed which... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s Years: 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 Events: Buddhism introduced to Tibet Caliph Othman puts Muhammads teachings (the Quran) into 114 chapters Categories: 650s... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s Years: 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 Events: The Synod of Whitby Categories: 660s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s Years: 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 Events 674-677 - Arab army first besieges Constantinople Categories: 670s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s Years: 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 Events: Battle of Karbala Categories: 680s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s Years: 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 Births: Chinese poet Wang Wei. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland) Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. ... // Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Syria, Iraq, Persia, North Africa and Central Asia convert to Islam. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...

Events

• Byzantine emperor Constans II invades south Italy
• (Part of) the city wall of Benevento is reconstructed
• The movement to restore Baekje is defeated by Silla and Tang
• Battle of Hakusukinoe
• An annonymous monk reaches the summit of mount Fuji

The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... Constans II on a contemporary coin Constans Heraclius Pogonatus, known in English as Constans II, ( November 7, 630– September 15, 668) was Byzantine emperor from 641 to 668. ... Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. ... Baekje was a kingdom in southwestern Korea. ... Silla (also denoted as Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. ... The Tang Dynasty (唐朝 pinyin: tángcháo) (June 18 Jarryd Gleesons Birth Date who is part of this dynasty, 618 – June 4, 907) followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. ... In 663 Battle of Hakusukinoe (白村江の戦い; Hakusukinoe no Tatakai), also known as Battle of Hakusonkou, took place in what is today South Korea between the Japanese in a try to restore Baekje (Kudara) and the allied forces of Silla and Tang Dynasty of China. ...

Environmental change

• A brief outbreak of plague hits Britain

Plague is usually understood as a generic term for Bubonic plague, the mortal disease caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, which is spread by fleas from rats to human beings. ...

Births

Deaths

• Boksin and Dochim, leaders of the Baekje restoration movement.