659
This article is about the year 659. For the number, see 659 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 620s 630s 640s – 650s – 660s 670s 680s |
| Years: | 656 657 658 – 659 – 660 661 662 |
| 659 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 659 DCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1412 |
| Armenian calendar | 108 ԹՎ ՃԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5409 |
| Bengali calendar | 66 |
| Berber calendar | 1609 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1203 |
| Burmese calendar | 21 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6167–6168 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3355 or 3295 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3356 or 3296 |
| Coptic calendar | 375–376 |
| Discordian calendar | 1825 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 651–652 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4419–4420 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 715–716 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 581–582 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3760–3761 |
| Holocene calendar | 10659 |
| Iranian calendar | 37–38 |
| Islamic calendar | 38–39 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 659 DCLIX |
| Korean calendar | 2992 |
| Minguo calendar | 1253 before ROC 民前1253年 |
| Seleucid era | 970/971 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1201–1202 |
A Japanese mission ship in Hakata Bay (2010)
Year 659 (DCLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 659 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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor Constans II signs a peace treaty with the Rashidun Caliphate. He uses the pause to strengthen his defences and consolidates Byzantine control over Armenia. Constans establishes the themata; dividing territorial command in Anatolia.
- Constans II elevates his son Heraclius to the rank of co-emperor (Augustus), alongside his brother Tiberius.[1]
Asia
- An Japanese embassy is sent to the Chinese Empire and received in a audience by emperor Gao Zong. The Tang Dynasty is determined in the next year to take administrative measures in regard to Japan. The envoys are detained.
By topic
Religion
- March 17 – Gertrude of Nivelles, daughter of Pepin of Landen (mayor of the palace of Austrasia), requests on her deathbed a burial wearing a plain linen shroud. This is the traditional (pagan) practice of a 'furnished' grave.
- Leodegar, an opponent of Ebroin (mayor of the palace), is appointed bishop of Autun in Burgundy.
Births
- Ali ibn Husayn, fourth Shia Imam and great-grandson of Muhammad (approximate date)
- Cædwalla, king of Wessex (approximate date)
- Fujiwara no Fuhito, Japanese statesman (d. 720)
- He Zhizhang, Chinese poet (approximate date)
Deaths
- Bavo, Frankish nobleman and saint (b. 622)
- March 17 – Gertrude of Nivelles, Frankish abbess
- Han Yuan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 606)
- Ishoyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East
- Liu Shi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Zhangsun Wuji, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
References
- ↑ Winkelmann & Lilie, pp. 125–127
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