667
667
Calendar year
Year 667 (DCLXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 667 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.
This article is about the year 667. For other uses, see 667 (disambiguation).
Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 667 DCLXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1420 |
| Armenian calendar | 116 ԹՎ ՃԺԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5417 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 588–589 |
| Bengali calendar | 74 |
| Berber calendar | 1617 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1211 |
| Burmese calendar | 29 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6175–6176 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3364 or 3157 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3365 or 3158 |
| Coptic calendar | 383–384 |
| Discordian calendar | 1833 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 659–660 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4427–4428 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 723–724 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 588–589 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3767–3768 |
| Holocene calendar | 10667 |
| Iranian calendar | 45–46 |
| Islamic calendar | 46–47 |
| Japanese calendar | Hakuchi 18 (白雉１８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 558–559 |
| Julian calendar | 667 DCLXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3000 |
| Minguo calendar | 1245 before ROC 民前1245年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −801 |
| Seleucid era | 978/979 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1209–1210 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 793 or 412 or −360 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 794 or 413 or −359 |
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By place
Byzantine Empire
- Arab–Byzantine War: Caliph Muawiyah I launches a series of attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East.[1]
Europe
- The Lombards, under King Grimoald I, destroy Oderzo (Northern Italy). Much of its population flees to the nearby city of Heraclea.
Arabian Empire
- King Javanshir of Caucasian Albania (modern Azerbaijan) revolts against the Muslim-Arabs, but is defeated (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- Wighard, archbishop of Canterbury, dies of the bubonic plague while returning from his consecration in Rome.[2]
- The Abbey of St. Vaast in Arras (France) is founded.
- Hisham ibn Urwah, prominent narrator of hadith and scholar
- Qasim ibn Hasan, son of Hassan ibn Ali
- January 23 – Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo
- Daoxuan, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 596)
- Severus Sebokht, Syrian scholar and bishop
- Su Dingfang, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 591)
- Wighard, archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date)
- Treadgold 1997, pp. 318–324.
- Hindley 2006, p. 47.
Sources
- Hindley, Geoffrey (2006). A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-1738-5.
- Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.