667
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Thai solar calendar | 1209–1210 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 793 or 412 or −360 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 794 or 413 or −359 |
Ildefonsus of Toledo by El Greco
(1600–1604)Year 667 (DCLXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 667 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.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
Europe
- The Grimoald I, destroy Oderzo (Northern Italy). Much of its population flees to the nearby city of Heraclea.
Arabian Empire
- King , but is defeated (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- The ) is founded.
Births
- Hisham ibn Urwah, prominent narrator of hadith and scholar
- Hassan ibn Ali
Deaths
- January 23 – Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo
- Daoxuan, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 596)
- Severus Sebokht, Syrian scholar and bishop
- Su Dingfang, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 591)
- Wighard, archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date)
References
- ^ Treadgold 1997, pp. 318–324.
- ^ Hindley 2006, p. 47.
Sources
- Hindley, Geoffrey (2006). A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-1738-5.
- ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.