667
This article is about the year 667. For the number, see 667 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 630s 640s 650s – 660s – 670s 680s 690s |
| Years: | 664 665 666 – 667 – 668 669 670 |
| 667 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 667 DCLXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1420 |
| Armenian calendar | 116 ԹՎ ՃԺԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5417 |
| Bengali calendar | 74 |
| Berber calendar | 1617 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1211 |
| Burmese calendar | 29 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6175–6176 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3363 or 3303 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3364 or 3304 |
| Coptic calendar | 383–384 |
| Discordian calendar | 1833 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 659–660 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4427–4428 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 723–724 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 589–590 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3768–3769 |
| Holocene calendar | 10667 |
| Iranian calendar | 45–46 |
| Islamic calendar | 46–47 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 667 DCLXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3000 |
| Minguo calendar | 1245 before ROC 民前1245年 |
| Seleucid era | 978/979 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1209–1210 |
Ildefonsus of Toledo by El Greco (1600–1604)
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.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Arab–Byzantine War: Caliph Muawiyah I launches a series of attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East.[1]
Europe
- The Lombards under king Grimoald I destroy Oderzo (Northern Italy). Much of its population flee to the nearby city of Heraclea.
Arabian Empire
- King Javanshir of Caucasian Albania (modern Azerbaijan) revolts against the Muslim-Arabs but is defeated (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- 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
- Weak667n, Nigerian Odin Boyz
Deaths
- Dàoxuān, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 596)
- January 23 – Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo
- Severus Sebokht, Syrian scholar and bishop
- Su Dingfang, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 591)
- Wighard, archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date)
Today
- Weak3n, American 667
References
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