AD 666

Centuries:	6th century · 7th century · 8th century
Decades:	630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s
Years:	663 664 665 666 667 668 669

For other uses, see the year AD 666.

666 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	666 DCLXVI
Ab urbe condita	1419
Armenian calendar	115 ԹՎ ՃԺԵ
Assyrian calendar	5416
Balinese saka calendar	587–588
Bengali calendar	73
Berber calendar	1616
Buddhist calendar	1210
Burmese calendar	28
Byzantine calendar	6174–6175
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3363 or 3156     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3364 or 3157
Coptic calendar	382–383
Discordian calendar	1832
Ethiopian calendar	658–659
Hebrew calendar	4426–4427
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	722–723
- Shaka Samvat	587–588
- Kali Yuga	3766–3767
Holocene calendar	10666
Iranian calendar	44–45
Islamic calendar	45–46
Japanese calendar	Hakuchi 17 (白雉１７年)
Javanese calendar	557–558
Julian calendar	666 DCLXVI
Korean calendar	2999
Minguo calendar	1246 before ROC 民前1246年
Nanakshahi calendar	−802
Seleucid era	977/978 AG
Thai solar calendar	1208–1209
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 792 or 411 or −361     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 793 or 412 or −360

Events

• Chertsey Abbey is founded.
• Barking Abbey is founded.
• Wilfrid returns from France freshly consecrated as Bishop of York.
• Muawiyah I accedes to the position of Caliph.
• Again, the Chinese Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You craft more South Pointing Chariot vehicles for Emperor Tenji of Japan, as recorded in the Nihon Shoki (the South Pointing Chariot is a non-magnetic, mechanical-driven directional-compass vehicle that incorporates the use of a differential gear).

Deaths

• November 26 — Yeon Gaesomun, dictator of Goguryeo (birthdate unknown; other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)
• Dou Dexuan
• Li Yifu
• Liu Xiangdao

References

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