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667 
Summary
Year 667 (DCLXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 667 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 667 DCLXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1420 |
| Armenian calendar | 116 ԹՎ ՃԺԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5417 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 588–589 |
| Bengali calendar | 74 |
| Berber calendar | 1617 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1211 |
| Burmese calendar | 29 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6175–6176 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3364 or 3157 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3365 or 3158 |
| Coptic calendar | 383–384 |
| Discordian calendar | 1833 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 659–660 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4427–4428 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 723–724 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 588–589 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3767–3768 |
| Holocene calendar | 10667 |
| Iranian calendar | 45–46 |
| Islamic calendar | 46–47 |
| Japanese calendar | Hakuchi 18 (白雉１８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 558–559 |
| Julian calendar | 667 DCLXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3000 |
| Minguo calendar | 1245 before ROC 民前1245年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −801 |
| Seleucid era | 978/979 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1209–1210 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 793 or 412 or −360 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 794 or 413 or −359 |
Events edit
By place edit
Byzantine Empire edit
- Arab–Byzantine War: Caliph Muawiyah I launches a series of attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East.[1]
Europe edit
- The Lombards, under King Grimoald I, destroy Oderzo (Northern Italy). Much of its population flees to the nearby city of Heraclea.
Arabian Empire edit
- King Javanshir of Caucasian Albania (modern Azerbaijan) revolts against the Muslim-Arabs, but is defeated (approximate date).
By topic edit
Religion edit
- Wighard, archbishop of Canterbury, dies of the bubonic plague while returning from his consecration in Rome.[2]
- The Abbey of St. Vaast in Arras (France) is founded.
Births edit
- Hisham ibn Urwah, prominent narrator of hadith and scholar
- Qasim ibn Hasan, son of Hassan ibn Ali
Deaths edit
- January 23 – Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo
- Daoxuan, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 596)
- Severus Sebokht, Syrian scholar and bishop
- Su Dingfang, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 591)
- Wighard, archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date)
References edit
- ^ Treadgold 1997, pp. 318–324.
- ^ Hindley 2006, p. 47.
Sources edit
- Hindley, Geoffrey (2006). A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-1738-5.
- Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.