677

Year 677 (DCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 677 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

Europe

• The Onogur Bulgars are scattered by the Khazars, who then establish a great Steppe empire, centered on the Lower Volga. The Onogurs depart to the Pannonian Plain.^[1]
• Mayor of the Palace of Neustria
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• 25 – 27 July: Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica: Slavic forces launch a large-scale assault on the city walls, but are repelled.

Asia

• Tang China declares the deposed Bojang of Goguryeo "King of Joseon", placing him in charge of the Liaodong area under the Protectorate General to Pacify the East
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• Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik, Arab general (approximate date)
• Clovis IV, King of the Franks (d. 694)
• Shi'a Imam; d. 733
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• Nanyue Huairang, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (d. 744)

Deaths

• Constantine I, patriarch of Constantinople
• Drest VI, king of the Picts
• Vincent Madelgarius, Frankish monk
• Warinus, Frankish nobleman

References