647
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 647 by topic |
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| Leaders |
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| Gregorian calendar | 647 DCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1400 |
| Armenian calendar | 96 ԹՎ ՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5397 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 568–569 |
| Bengali calendar | 54 |
| Berber calendar | 1597 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1191 |
| Burmese calendar | 9 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6155–6156 |
| Chinese calendar | Bính ngọNiên (FireHorse) 3344 or 3137 — to — Đinh vị niên (FireGoat) 3345 or 3138 |
| Coptic calendar | 363–364 |
| Discordian calendar | 1813 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 639–640 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4407–4408 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 703–704 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 568–569 |
| -Kali Yuga | 3747–3748 |
| Holocene calendar | 10647 |
| Iranian calendar | 25–26 |
| Islamic calendar | 26–27 |
| Japanese calendar | Taika3 ( đại hóa ３ niên ) |
| Javanese calendar | 538–539 |
| Julian calendar | 647 DCXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 2980 |
| Minguo calendar | 1265 beforeROC Dân tiền 1265 niên |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −821 |
| Seleucid era | 958/959AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1189–1190 |
| Tibetan calendar | Dương hỏa mã niên (male Fire-Horse) 773 or 392 or −380 — to — Âm hỏa dương niên (female Fire-Goat) 774 or 393 or −379 |
Year647(DCXLVII) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 647 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- Arab–Byzantine War:AnArab army(20,000 men) underAbdullah ibn Sa'adinvades the ByzantineExarchate of Africa.It conquersTripolitaniaand the city ofSufetula,150 miles (240 km) south ofCarthage.
- Self-proclaimed emperorGregory the Patricianis killed during the Arab invasion at Sufetula.Africareturns to imperial allegiance after his death, but the foundation ofByzantinerule is fatally undermined.
Asia
[edit]- EmperorTaizongof theTang dynastysends a Chinese mission to study Indian techniques ofsugarmanufacturing, atBiharin theGanges Valley.[1]
- Taizong establishes a Chinesemilitary governmenttopacify the former territory of Xueyantuo,which extends to theAltai Mountainsin the west.
- EmperorHarsha,ruler of northernIndia,dies after a 41-year reign. His kingdom disintegrates into smaller states.
- Jindeokbecomes queen of the Korean kingdom ofSillaafter the death ofQueen Seondeok.[2]
By topic
[edit]Astronomy and science
[edit]- A stone towerastronomicalobservatory(namedCheomseongdae) atGyeongjuis constructed inSilla(South Korea) around this time.
Religion
[edit]- Hilda of Whitby,age 33, is persuaded byAidan,bishop ofLindisfarne,to enter themonasticlife atHartlepool Abbey(Northumbria).
Births
[edit]- Al-Abbas ibn Ali,Muslimmartyr(d.680)
- Itzamnaaj B'alam II,ruler ofYaxchilan(d.742)
Deaths
[edit]- Æthelburh of Kent,queen ofNorthumbria
- Felix of Burgundy,bishop ofDunwich(or648)
- Gao Shilian,chancellor of theTang dynasty(b.576)
- Gregory the Patrician,Exarch of Africa
- Harsha,emperor ofHarsha(India)
- Li Baiyao,Chinese official andhistorian(b.564)
- Seondeok,queen ofSilla(Korea)[2]
- Xiao Yu,prince of theLiang dynasty(b.574)
- Yang Shidao,chancellor of the Tang dynasty
References
[edit]- ^Kieschnick, John (2003). "The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture".Princeton University Press,p. 258.ISBN0-691-09676-7
- ^ab"List of Rulers of Korea".www.metmuseum.org.RetrievedApril 21,2019.