649

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This article is about the year 649. For the number, see 649 (number). For other uses, see 649 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	610s 620s 630s – 640s – 650s 660s 670s
Years:	646 647 648 – 649 – 650 651 652

649 by topic
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Births – Deaths
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Establishments – Disestablishments
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649 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	649 DCXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1402
Armenian calendar	98 ԹՎ ՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5399
Bahá'í calendar	−1195 – −1194
Bengali calendar	56
Berber calendar	1599
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1193
Burmese calendar	11
Byzantine calendar	6157–6158
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3345 or 3285 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3346 or 3286
Coptic calendar	365–366
Discordian calendar	1815
Ethiopian calendar	641–642
Hebrew calendar	4409–4410
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	705–706
- Shaka Samvat	571–572
- Kali Yuga	3750–3751
Holocene calendar	10649
Igbo calendar	−351 – −350
Iranian calendar	27–28
Islamic calendar	28–29
Japanese calendar	Taika 5 (大化５年)
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	649 DCXLIX
Korean calendar	2982
Minguo calendar	1263 before ROC 民前1263年
Thai solar calendar	1192
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Year 649 (DCXLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 649 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

Arab–Byzantine War: Arab naval forces under Abdullah ibn Sa'ad conquer Cyprus, sacking the capital Constantia after a short siege and pillaging the rest of the island. The Cypriots agree to pay the same revenue as they have done to emperor Constans II.^[1]
Constans II orders Olympius, exarch of the Exarchate of Ravenna, to arrest pope Martin I on the grounds that he has condemned Monothelitism. Olympius attemps to gain support of the citizens of Rome and the bishops. Ordering the assassination of Martin.

January 20 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.

Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, governor of Syria, develops an Arab navy in the Levant and uses it to confront the Byzantine Empire in the Aegean Sea. It is manned by Monophysitise Christian, Coptic and Syrian Christian sailors.

January 19 – The Tang campaign against Kucha ends after the forces of Kucha surrender following a 40-day siege led by general Ashina She'er, establishing Chinese control over the northern Tarim Basin (Xinjiang).
July 10 – Emperor Tai Zong dies after a 23-year reign in which he has restored the civil administration in the Chinese Empire. He is succeeded by his son Gao Zong, age 20, who becomes ruler of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Kōtoku has Soga no Kurayamada accused of treason. He strangles himself at the temple of Yamada-dera. Other relatives of the Soga clan are captured and executed.

May 14 – Pope Theodore I dies after a 7-year reign in which he has shown generosity to the poor. He is succeeded by Martin I as the 74th pope.
The Lateran Council, convoked by Martin I, strongly condemns Monothelitism and the Typosn order by Constans II.

↑ The Caliphate Its Rise, Decline and Fall by William Muir. Chapter XXVIII, Caliphate of Othman, p. 205

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