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 |
| AD 666 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| 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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