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657
Calendar year
Year 657 (DCLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 657 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 657 DCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1410 |
| Armenian calendar | 106 ԹՎ ՃԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5407 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 578–579 |
| Bengali calendar | 64 |
| Berber calendar | 1607 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1201 |
| Burmese calendar | 19 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6165–6166 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3354 or 3147 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3355 or 3148 |
| Coptic calendar | 373–374 |
| Discordian calendar | 1823 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 649–650 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4417–4418 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 713–714 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 578–579 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3757–3758 |
| Holocene calendar | 10657 |
| Iranian calendar | 35–36 |
| Islamic calendar | 36–37 |
| Japanese calendar | Hakuchi 8 (白雉８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 548–549 |
| Julian calendar | 657 DCLVII |
| Korean calendar | 2990 |
| Minguo calendar | 1255 before ROC 民前1255年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −811 |
| Seleucid era | 968/969 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1199–1200 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 783 or 402 or −370 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 784 or 403 or −369 |
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Europe
- Grimoald the Elder, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, is deposed by Clovis II, king of Neustria. Clovis also captures Grimoald's son Childebert the Adopted, executing them both.
- Clovis II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son Chlothar III, age 5, who becomes king of Neustria and Burgundy, under the regency of his mother Balthild.
Arab Empire
- Battle of Siffin: Muslim forces under Ali ibn Abi-Talib fight an inconclusive battle against Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan, on the banks of the Euphrates, near Raqqa (Syria).
Asia
- Tang campaigns against the Western Turks: Emperor Gao Zong dispatches a military campaign led by Su Dingfang. He annexes the Western Turkic Khaganate.
- Gao Zong commissions the pharmacology publication of an official materia medica, documenting the use of 833 different substances for medicinal purposes.
Americas
- In the course of the Second Tikal-Calakmul War, the Snake Lord (Yuknoom Ch'een II) makes a direct attack against Tikal itself, driving out its new ruler Nuun Ujol Chaak, and establishing Calakmul as the regional superpower. B'alaj Chan K'awiil, the one time heir apparent to rule Tikal, swears his allegiance to the new overlord.
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Religion
- June 2 – Pope Eugene I
- November 12 – Livinus, Irish apostle
- Ammar ibn Yasir, companion of Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib (b. 570)
- Childebert the Adopted, king (usurper) of Austrasia
- Clovis II, king of Neustria and Burgundy (or 658)
- Grimoald the Elder, Mayor of the Palace (b. 616)
- Talorgan I, king of the Picts
- "Saint Hilda of Whitby | English abbess". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 14, 2020.