654
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This article is about the year 654. For the number (and other uses), see 654 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 620s 630s 640s – 650s – 660s 670s 680s |
| Years: | 651 652 653 – 654 – 655 656 657 |
| 654 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 654 DCLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1407 |
| Armenian calendar | 103 ԹՎ ՃԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5404 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1190–-1189 |
| Bengali calendar | 61 |
| Berber calendar | 1604 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1198 |
| Burmese calendar | 16 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6162–6163 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年十二月初八日 (3290/3350-12-8) — to —
甲寅年十一月十七日(3291/3351-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 370–371 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 646–647 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4414–4415 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 710–711 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 576–577 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3755–3756 |
| Holocene calendar | 10654 |
| Iranian calendar | 32–33 |
| Islamic calendar | 33–34 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2987 |
| Minguo calendar | 1258 before ROC 民前1258年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1197 |
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Year 654 (DCLIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 654 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Rhodes is invaded by an Arab force; remains of the Colossus of Rhodes are sold off.
- King Reccaswinth issues a Visigothic law code.
[edit] Asia
- Nakatomi no Kamatari of Japan is granted the Shikwan (the Purple Cap).
- A Japanese ambassador is sent to Tang again. The Controlling Envoy, Takamuku no Kuromaro, reaches the capital of Tang, where he has an audience of the Chinese Emperor.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- September 17 – Martin I arrives in Constantinople, where he is eventually deposed as pope by the emperor Constans II.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 – Gao Jifu, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 596)
- Emperor Kōtoku, emperor of Japan
- Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia (overthrown and killed by Oswiu)
