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674
The Arabs under Muʿāwiya I begin a siege of Constantinople for several years .
674 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	122/123 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	666/667
Buddhist calendar	1217/18 (southern Buddhism); 1216/17 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	56th (57th) cycle Year of the Wood Dog甲戌 ( at the beginning of the year water tap 癸酉)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	36/37 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	52/53 (turn of the year March)
Islamic calendar	54/55 (turn of the year 5th / 6th December)
Jewish calendar	4434/35 (September 6-7)
Coptic calendar	390/391
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MCDXXVII (1427) Diocletian's era : 390/391 (New Year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 984/985 (April) Syria: 985/986 (October)
Spanish era	712
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	730/731 (turn of the year April)

Events

Siege of Constantinople

Constantinople in the 7th century

• Islamic expansion : Beginning of a long-term siege of Constantinople by the Arabs under Muʿāwiya I.

British Islands

• Æscwine succeeds Queen Seaxburg as King of Wessex .

Born

• Poppo , King of the Great Frisian Empire († 734 )

Died

• Cenfus , sub-king of Wessex
• Seaxburg , Queen of Wessex

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