649
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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649 by topic |
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Leaders |
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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 |
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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 Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- 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.
Europe
[edit]- January –Chindasuinth,at the urging of bishopBraulio of Zaragoza,confirms his sonRecceswinthas co-ruler of theVisigothic Kingdom.[2]
Arabian Empire
[edit]- Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan,governor ofSyria,develops an Arab navy in theLevantand uses it to confront theByzantine Empirein theAegean Sea.It is manned byMonophysitise Christian,CopticandSyrian Christiansailors.
China
[edit]- 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.
Japan
[edit]- EmperorKōtokuhasSoga no Kurayamadaaccused oftreason.He strangles himself at the temple ofYamada-dera.Other relatives of theSoga clanare captured and executed.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- 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.
Births
[edit]- Approximate date –Wang Bo,Chinesepoet(d.676)
- Xue Ne,Chinese general andchancellor of the Tang dynasty(d.720)
Deaths
[edit]- March –John Climacus,Syrianmonkand writer (b. c.579)
- May 2–Marutha of Tikrit,PersiantheologianandMaphrianof theSyriac Orthodox Church(b.565)
- May 14–Pope Theodore I,Jerusalem-born Greek pontiff
- July 2–Li Jing,Chinese general andchancellor of the Tang dynasty(b.571)
- July 6–Goar of Aquitaine,Catholic priestandhermit(b. c.585)
- July 10–Taizong,ChineseTang dynastyemperor (b.598)
- December 3–Birinus,French-bornBishop of Dorchesterin Wessex (b. c.600)
- Rogallach mac Uatach,Irishking ofConnacht(murdered)
- Soga no Kurayamada,Japaneseudaijin
- Songtsen Gampo,founder of theTibetan Empire
References
[edit]- ^Muir 1898,p. 205, Chapter XXVIII, "Caliphate of Othman".
- ^Paulo Alberto, ed. (2005).Corpus Christianorum, volume 114.Brepols. p. 16.
- ^"649 – the year China first invaded India – the Acorn".
Sources
[edit]- Muir, William(1898).The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall, from Original Sources(3rd ed.). London: Smith, Elder. p. 205.
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