647
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 610s 620s 630s – 640s – 650s 660s 670s |
| Years: | 644 645 646 – 647 – 648 649 650 |
| 647 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 647 DCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1400 |
| Armenian calendar | 96 ԹՎ ՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5397 |
| Bengali calendar | 54 |
| Berber calendar | 1597 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1191 |
| Burmese calendar | 9 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6155–6156 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3343 or 3283 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3344 or 3284 |
| Coptic calendar | 363–364 |
| Discordian calendar | 1813 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 639–640 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4407–4408 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 703–704 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 569–570 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3748–3749 |
| Holocene calendar | 10647 |
| Iranian calendar | 25–26 |
| Islamic calendar | 26–27 |
| Japanese calendar | Taika 3 (大化３年) |
| Julian calendar | 647 DCXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 2980 |
| Minguo calendar | 1265 before ROC 民前1265年 |
| Seleucid era | 958/959 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1189–1190 |
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Year 647 (DCXLVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 647 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
- Arab–Byzantine War: An Arab army (20,000 men) under Abdullah ibn Sa'ad invade the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa. They conquer Tripolitania and the city of Sufetula, 150 miles (240 km) south of Carthage.
- Self-proclaimed emperor Gregory the Patrician is killed during the Arab invasion at Sufetula. Africa returns to imperial allegiance after his death, but the foundations of Byzantine rule is fatally undermined.
Asia
- Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty sends a Chinese mission to study Indian techniques of sugar manufacturing at Bihar in the Ganges Valley.[1]
- Taizong establishes a Chinese military government to pacify the former territory of Xueyantuo, which extends to the Altai Mountains in the west.
- Emperor Harsha who rules northern India dies after a 41-year reign. His kingdom disintegrate into smaller states.
By topic
Astronomy and science
- A stone tower astronomical observatory (named Cheomseongdae) at Gyeongju is constructed in Silla (South Korea) around this time.
Religion
- Hilda of Whitby, age 33, is persuaded by Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne, to enter the monastic life at Hartlepool Abbey (Northumbria).
Births
- Al-Abbas ibn Ali, Muslim martyr (d. 680)
- Itzamnaaj B'alam II, ruler of Yaxchilan (d. 742)
- July 23 – Yazid I, Muslim Caliph (d. 683)
Deaths
- Æthelburh of Kent, queen of Northumbria
- Felix of Burgundy, bishop of Dunwich (or 648)
- Gao Shilian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 576)
- Gregory the Patrician, Exarch of Africa
- Harsha, emperor of Harsha (India)
- Li Baiyao, Chinese official and historian (b. 564)
- Seondeok, queen of Silla (Korea)
- Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang Dynasty (b. 574)
- Yang Shidao, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
References
- ↑ Kieschnick, John (2003). "The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture". Princeton University Press, p. 258. ISBN 0-691-09676-7