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Calendar overview 657
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 enthroned as Pope. |
| 657 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 105/106 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 649/650 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1200/01 (southern Buddhism); 1199/1200 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 55th (56th) cycle
Year of the Fire Snake丁巳 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Dragon 丙辰) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 19/20 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 35/36 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 36/37 (turn of the year 18/19 June) |
| Jewish calendar | 4417/18 (13-14 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 373/374 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCDX (1410)
Diocletian's era : 373/374 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 967/968 (April)
Syria: 968/969 (October) |
| Spanish era | 695 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 713/714 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Autumn: After the death of King Clovis II , his son Chlothar III. Successor as King of Neustria and Burgundy ; since he is still a minor, his mother Bathilde takes over the reign.
Asia
- July 26th : Islamic expansion : Battle of Siffin on the Euphrates : Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and his challenger Muawiya , the governor of Syria , fight a bloody battle lasting several days, which ends without a clear winner. The fact that Ali finally agrees to arbitration leads to the separation of the Kharijites from the Shiites .
- Tang Gaozong , Emperor of China from the Tang Dynasty , moves the capital of the empire to Luoyang .
religion
- July 30th : Vitalian is enthroned as the successor of Eugene I as Pope . An important theme of his reign is the relationship with the Eastern Churches , with which he tries to establish a friendlier relationship.
- King Oswiu of Northumbria founds Whitby Abbey . Hilda becomes the first abbess.
- around 657: Nivardus becomes Archbishop of Reims .
Died
Date of death secured
- June 2 : Eugene I , Pope
- around October 11 : Clovis II , Merovingian king in Neustria and Burgundy (* 634 )
- November 12 : Livinus of Ghent , Christian saint (* around 580 )
- November 13 : Eugenius III. Archbishop of Toledo and saint of the Catholic Church
Exact date of death unknown
- Chabbāb ibn al-Aratt , former slave, one of the first followers of Muhammad (* around 586 )
Died around 657
- 656 /657: Grimoald the Elder , Meier house in the Frankish realm part Austrasien (* to 615 )
Web links
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