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Calendar overview 618
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| General Li Yuan proclaims the Tang Dynasty in China . | |
| 618 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 66/67 (turn of the year July) | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 610/611 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1161/62 (southern Buddhism); 1160/61 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) | 
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
 Year of the Earth Tiger戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Ox 丁丑)  | 
| Jewish calendar | 4378/79 (September 24/25) | 
| Coptic calendar | 334/335 | 
| Roman calendar | 
from urbe condita  MCCCLXXI (1371)
 Diocletian's era : 334/335 (New Year November)  | 
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 928/929 (April)
 Syria: 929/930 (October)  | 
| Spanish era | 656 | 
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 674/675 (turn of the year April) | 
Events
Politics and world events
- 18 June : It starts the Tang Dynasty in Imperial China by General Li Yuan, of the murder Sui Yangdis the Sui Dynasty collapsed and as Emperor henceforth Tang Gaozu calls.
 - Foundation of the city of Kufa in what is now Iraq
 
religion
- The first clashes between the followers of Muhammad and his opponents occur.
 
Born
- around 618: Bostanai , Muslim exile in Babylonia († 670 )
 - around 618: Theodard , Bishop of Tongern-Maastricht, martyr († 670 )
 
Died
Date of death secured
- June 3 : Kevin von Glendalough , Irish Catholic saint, patron saint of Dublin (* allegedly around 498 )
 - November 8th : Adeodatus I , Pope
 
Exact date of death unknown
- Arbogast , Catholic saint, Bishop of Strasbourg and founder of the Sourburg Monastery
 - Sui Yangdi , Chinese emperor of the Sui dynasty (* 560 )
 
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