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Calendar overview 678
Map with all linked sites: | 678 | |
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 siege of Constantinople after four years. |
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| 678 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 126/127 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 670/671 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1221/22 (southern Buddhism); 1220/21 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the Earth Tiger戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Ox 丁丑) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 40/41 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 56/57 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 58/59 (turn of the year 22/23 October) |
| Jewish calendar | 4438/39 (September 22/23) |
| Coptic calendar | 394/395 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCDXXXI (1431)
Diocletian's era : 394/395 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 988/989 (April)
Syria: 989/990 (October) |
| Spanish era | 716 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 734/735 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- Islamic expansion : The four-year siege of Constantinople by the Muslims fails when their fleet is destroyed by the use of the Greek fire (first traditional operation).
- The Franconian caretaker Ebroin defeats his Austrasian opponents at Bois-du-Fay.
religion
- June 27th : Agatho becomes Pope (allegedly at the age of 100) to succeed Donus .
- Bosa becomes Bishop of York , succeeding Wilfrid .
Born
- September 13 : K'inich Ahkal Mo 'Nahb III. , Ruler of the Maya city of Palenque († after 736)
- 678/ 679 : Childebert III. , Merovingian Frankish King († 711 )
Died
- April 11th : Donus , Pope
- Aisha , wife of the Prophet Mohammed (* 613 / 614 )