672
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the year 672. For the number (and other uses), see 672 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 640s 650s 660s – 670s – 680s 690s 700s |
| Years: | 669 670 671 – 672 – 673 674 675 |
| 672 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 672 DCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1425 |
| Armenian calendar | 121 ԹՎ ՃԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5422 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1172–-1171 |
| Bengali calendar | 79 |
| Berber calendar | 1622 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1216 |
| Burmese calendar | 34 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6180–6181 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年十一月廿六日 (3308/3368-11-26) — to —
壬申年十二月初七日(3309/3369-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 388–389 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 664–665 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4432–4433 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 728–729 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 594–595 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3773–3774 |
| Holocene calendar | 10672 |
| Iranian calendar | 50–51 |
| Islamic calendar | 51–53 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3005 |
| Minguo calendar | 1240 before ROC 民前1240年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1215 |
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 672 |
Year 672 (DCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 672 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
[edit] Asia
- Emperor Kōbun reigns briefly as emperor of Japan, followed by his uncle Emperor Temmu who overthrew his nephew in a brief but violent battle called The Jinshin War.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- April 11 – Pope Adeodatus II succeeds Pope Vitalian as the 77th pope.
[edit] Births
- The Venerable Bede, Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist (approximate date of birth) (died 735)
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 – Emperor Tenji of Japan (born 626)
- January 27 – Pope Vitalian
- February 2 – Saint Chad
- August 21 – Emperor Kōbun of Japan (born 648)
- September 20 – Xu Jingzong, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 592)
- Reccaswinth, king of the Visigoths
- Geom Mojam, Goguryeo military leader
- Jiang Ke
