649

649 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	649; DCXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1402
Armenian calendar	98; ԹՎ ՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5399
Balinese saka calendar	570–571
Bengali calendar	56
Berber calendar	1599
Buddhist calendar	1193
Burmese calendar	11
Byzantine calendar	6157–6158
Chinese calendar	Mậu thânNiên (EarthMonkey); 3346 or 3139; — to —; Kỷ dậu niên (EarthRooster); 3347 or 3140
Coptic calendar	365–366
Discordian calendar	1815
Ethiopian calendar	641–642
Hebrew calendar	4409–4410
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	705–706
-Shaka Samvat	570–571
-Kali Yuga	3749–3750
Holocene calendar	10649
Iranian calendar	27–28
Islamic calendar	28–29
Japanese calendar	Taika5; ( đại hóa ５ niên )
Javanese calendar	540–541
Julian calendar	649; DCXLIX
Korean calendar	2982
Minguo calendar	1263 beforeROC; Dân tiền 1263 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−819
Seleucid era	960/961AG
Thai solar calendar	1191–1192
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ hầu niên; (male Earth-Monkey); 775 or 394 or −378; — to —; Âm thổ kê niên; (female Earth-Rooster); 776 or 395 or −377

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

Year649(DCXLIX) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 649 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Arab–Byzantine War:Arab naval forces underAbdullah ibn SaadconquerCyprus,sacking the capitalConstantiaafter a shortsiege,andlootingthe rest of the island. The Cypriots agree to pay the samerevenueas they have done to EmperorConstans II.^[1]
Constans II ordersOlympius,exarch of theExarchate of Ravenna,to arrestPope Martin Ion the ostensible grounds that the pope's election has not been submitted to the emperor for approval, but in fact because of theLateran Council of 649's condemnation ofMonothelitismand theType of Constans.Olympius attempts to gain the support of the citizens ofRomeand thebishops,with little success, and perhaps considers the assassination of the Pope.

January –Chindasuinth,at the urging of bishopBraulio of Zaragoza,confirms his sonRecceswinthas co-ruler of theVisigothic Kingdom.^[2]

January 19– TheTang campaign against Kuchaends after the forces ofKuchasurrender, following a 40-day siege led by general Ashina She'er, establishing Chinese control over the northernTarim Basin(Xinjiang).
June 16– GeneralWang Xuancecommands a combined Chinese,Nepalese,andTibetanexpedition intoIndia.He ends up winning the battle and acquiring a Buddhist relic.^[3]
July 10– EmperorTaizongdies after a 23-year reign, in which he has restored the civil administration in China. He is succeeded by his sonGaozong,age 20, who becomes ruler of theTang dynasty.

EmperorKōtokuhasSoga no Kurayamadaaccused oftreason.He strangles himself at the temple ofYamada-dera.Other relatives of theSoga clanare captured and executed.

May 14–Pope Theodore Idies after a 7-year reign, in which he has showngenerosityto thepoor.He is succeeded on July 5 byMartin Ias the 74thpope.
October 5– TheLateran Council of 649,summoned by Theodore and carried forward by Martin, opens. It strongly condemnsMonothelitismand theType of Constans.

Muir, William(1898).The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall, from Original Sources(3rd ed.). London: Smith, Elder. p. 205.