678

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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 6th century7th century8th century
Decades: 640s  650s  660s 670s 680s  690s  700s
Years: 675 676 677678679 680 681
678 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
678 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar678
DCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita1431
Armenian calendar127
ԹՎ ՃԻԷ
Assyrian calendar5428
Bahá'í calendar−1166 – −1165
Bengali calendar85
Berber calendar1628
English Regnal yearN/A
Buddhist calendar1222
Burmese calendar40
Byzantine calendar6186–6187
Chinese calendar丁丑(Fire Ox)
3374 or 3314
     to 
戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
3375 or 3315
Coptic calendar394–395
Discordian calendar1844
Ethiopian calendar670–671
Hebrew calendar4438–4439
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat734–735
 - Shaka Samvat600–601
 - Kali Yuga3779–3780
Holocene calendar10678
Igbo calendar−322 – −321
Iranian calendar56–57
Islamic calendar58–59
Japanese calendarN/A
Juche calendarN/A
Julian calendar678
DCLXXVIII
Korean calendar3011
Minguo calendar1234 before ROC
民前1234年
Thai solar calendar1221

Year 678 (DCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 678 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

Britain

Japan

  • April 27 Emperor Tenmu holds divination for the purpose of proceeding to the Abstinence-palace.
  • May 3 Princess Tōchi suddenly takes ill and dies within the palace. Tenmu, her father, is unable to sacrifice to the Gods of Heaven and Earth.
  • May 10 Tōchi is buried at a place which could be Akō (Hyōgo Prefecture). Tenmu is graciously pleased to raise lament for her.

By topic

Religion

  • Wilfrid, bishop of York, is at the height of his power and owns vast estates throughout Northumbria. After his refusal to agree to a division of his see, Ecgfrith and Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury, have him banished from Northumbria.
  • April 11 Pope Donus dies at Rome after a reign of 1 year and 160 days. He is succeeded by Agatho I who becomes the 79th pope. He is the first pope to stop paying tribute to Constantine IV upon election.
  • In Japan, the national worshiping to the Gods of Heaven and Earth is planned. Tenmu tries to select his daughter Tōchi as a Saiō to make her serve the Gods. However, Tōchi suddenly takes ill and dies.
  • The Beomeosa-templecomplex in Geumjeong-gu (modern South Korea) is constructed during the reign of king Munmu of Silla.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Haldon (1990), p. 64; Lilie (1976), pp. 78-79; Treadgold (1997), pp. 326-327; Mango & Scott (1997), p. 494
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