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| 6th century | 7th century | 8th century |
| 620er | 630s | 640er | 650s | 660s | 670s | 680s |
◄◄ | | 654 | 655 | 656 | 657 | 658 | 659 | 660 | 661 | 662 | | ►►

Heads of state

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Statue of Wulfheres (right) in Lichfield Cathedral
Wulfhere becomes King of Mercia .
658 in other calendars
Armenian calendar 106/107 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar 650/651
Buddhist calendar 1201/02 (southern Buddhism); 1200/01 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 55th (56th) cycle

Year of the Earth-Horse戊午 ( at the beginning of the year Fire-Snake 丁巳)

Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) 20/21 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar 36/37 (turn of the year March)
Islamic calendar 37/38 (turn of the year June 8/9)
Jewish calendar 4418/19 (2/3 September)
Coptic calendar 374/375
Roman calendar from urbe condita MCDXI (1411)

Diocletian's era : 374/375 (turn of the year November)

Seleucid era Babylon: 968/969 (April)

Syria: 969/970 (October)

Spanish era 696
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) 714/715 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Science and culture

Page from a copy of the Fredegar Chronicle

Born

  • Ali Zain al-Abidin , great-grandson of the Prophet and 4th Imam of the Shiites († 713 )
  • around 658: Willibrord , missionary of Anglo-Saxon origin, Apostle of the Frisians († 739 )

Died

  • Erchinoald , Franconian caretaker in Neustria
  • around 658: Samo , first known ruler of the (Western) Slavs

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