666
This article is about the year 666. For the number, see 666 (number). For other uses, see 666 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 630s 640s 650s – 660s – 670s 680s 690s |
| Years: | 663 664 665 – 666 – 667 668 669 |
| 666 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 666 DCLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1419 |
| Armenian calendar | 115 ԹՎ ՃԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5416 |
| Bengali calendar | 73 |
| Berber calendar | 1616 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1210 |
| Burmese calendar | 28 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6174–6175 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3362 or 3302 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3363 or 3303 |
| Coptic calendar | 382–383 |
| Discordian calendar | 1832 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 658–659 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4426–4427 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 722–723 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 588–589 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3767–3768 |
| Holocene calendar | 10666 |
| Iranian calendar | 44–45 |
| Islamic calendar | 45–46 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 666 DCLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2999 |
| Minguo calendar | 1246 before ROC 民前1246年 |
| Seleucid era | 977/978 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1208–1209 |
Barking Abbey: curfew tower (east London)
Year 666 (DCLXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 666 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
- Emperor Constans II grants the request of Maurus, bishop of Ravenna, allowing the city to consecrate its bishop without approval from Rome (approximate date).
Europe
- Duke Lupus of Friuli revolts against king Grimoald I with allied Avars. Grimoald takes and devastates Friuli, tracks down Lupus's son Arnefrit (allied with the Slavs), and kills him in battle at the castle of Nimis. Grimoald appoints Wechtar as the new duke of Friuli.
Asia
- Chinese Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi Yu craft more south-pointing chariot vehicles (a non-magnetic, mechanical-driven directional-compass vehicle that incorporates the use of a differential gear) for emperor Tenji of Japan, as recorded in the Nihon Shoki.
Events pertaining to religion in the year 666
- Wilfrid returns to Britain but is shipwrecked in Sussex. When he finally reaches Northumbria, he finds he has been deposed and is forced to retire to Ripon.[1]
- Earconwald, Anglo-Saxon abbot, establishes the Benedictine abbeys, Chertsey Abbey (Surrey) for men [2] and Barking Abbey (east London) for women.[3]
Deaths
- Arnefrit, duke of Friuli (Northern Italy)
- Liu Xiangdao, official of the Tang Dynasty (b. 596)
- Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, a wife of Muhammad
- Yeon Gaesomun, dictator of Goguryeo (b. 603)
References
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