669
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| Thai solar calendar | 1211–1212 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 795 or 414 or −358 — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 796 or 415 or −357 |
Year 669 (DCLXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 669 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
- Spring – Arab forces that have taken ).
Britain
- King St. Mary(approximate date).
Asia
- November 14 – Kamatari, Japanese statesman and reformer, receives the surname Fujiwara from Emperor Tenji as a reward for his services, but dies in Yamato prefecture (modern-day Sakurai City).
Births
- Gregory II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 731)
- Justinian II, Byzantine emperor (approximate date)
- Qutayba ibn Muslim, Arab general (approximate date)
Deaths
- November 14 – Fujiwara no Kamatari, founder of the Fujiwara clan[1] (b. 614)
- December 31 – Li Shiji, general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 594)
- Jaruman, bishop of Mercia (approximate date)
- Mezezius, Byzantine usurper(approximate date)
References
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1962). "Sovereign and Subject", pp. 216–220