655
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This article is about the year 655. For the number (and other uses), see 655 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 620s 630s 640s – 650s – 660s 670s 680s |
| Years: | 652 653 654 – 655 – 656 657 658 |
| 655 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 655 DCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1408 |
| Armenian calendar | 104 ԹՎ ՃԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5405 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1189–-1188 |
| Bengali calendar | 62 |
| Berber calendar | 1605 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1199 |
| Burmese calendar | 17 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6163–6164 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年十一月十八日 (3291/3351-11-18) — to —
乙卯年十一月廿八日(3292/3352-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 371–372 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 647–648 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4415–4416 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 711–712 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 577–578 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3756–3757 |
| Holocene calendar | 10655 |
| Iranian calendar | 33–34 |
| Islamic calendar | 34–35 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2988 |
| Minguo calendar | 1257 before ROC 民前1257年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1198 |
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Year 655 (DCLV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 655 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
- November 15 – Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats Mercian king Penda in the Battle of Winwaed.
- Peada succeeds his father Penda as king of Mercia.
- Clovis II is succeeded by Clotaire III as king of the Franks.
[edit] Byzantine Empire and Arab Empire
- Constans II's fleet is defeated by the Abdullah bin Sa'ad bin Abi Sarh the Arab at Finike at the Battle of the Masts.
[edit] Asia
- Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Arab armies conquer Khurasan.[1]
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- September 1 – Pope Martin I (in exile)
- November 15 – Penda, king of Mercia (killed in battle)
- November 27 – Clovis II, king of the Franks
- Empress Wang
- Consort Xiao
[edit] References
- ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.
