670

670 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar670
DCLXX
Ab urbe condita1423
Armenian calendar119
ԹՎ ՃԺԹ
Assyrian calendar5420
Balinese saka calendar591–592
Bengali calendar76–77
Berber calendar1620
Buddhist calendar1214
Burmese calendar32
Byzantine calendar6178–6179
Chinese calendar己巳年 (Earth Snake)
3367 or 3160
    — to —
庚午年 (Metal Horse)
3368 or 3161
Coptic calendar386–387
Discordian calendar1836
Ethiopian calendar662–663
Hebrew calendar4430–4431
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat726–727
 - Shaka Samvat591–592
 - Kali Yuga3770–3771
Holocene calendar10670
Iranian calendar48–49
Islamic calendar49–50
Japanese calendarHakuchi 21
(白雉２１年)
Javanese calendar561–562
Julian calendar670
DCLXX
Korean calendar3003
Minguo calendar1242 before ROC
民前1242年
Nanakshahi calendar−798
Seleucid era981/982 AG
Thai solar calendar1212–1213
Tibetan calendarས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་
(female Earth-Snake)
796 or 415 or −357
    — to —
ལྕགས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Iron-Horse)
797 or 416 or −356
The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Tunisia)

Year 670 (DCLXX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 670th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 670th year of the 1st millennium, the 70th year of the 7th century, and the 1st year of the 670s decade. The denomination 670 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

Britain

Arabian Empire

  • Muslim Conquest: A 10,000-man Arab army under the command of general Uqba ibn Nafi invades the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa. He establishes a military base at Kairouan (Tunisia) for further invasions, and founds the Great Mosque, also known as the "Mosque of Uqba".

April 2 - Hasan Ibn Ali, dies at 44.

Asia

  • Battle of Dafei River: Chinese forces (80,000 men), under general Xue Rengui of the Tang dynasty, are annihilated by the Tibetans, who take over control of the Tarim Basin.
  • A Goguryeo restoration movement, led by Geom Mojam in northern Korea, places Anseung on the throne. Geom is later murdered, and Anseung flees to neighboring Silla.
  • Tarumanagara (modern Indonesia) is divided into two kingdoms (Sunda Kingdom and Galuh Kingdom), with the Citarum River as the boundary (approximate date).
  • A family register, Kogo-nenjaku, is prepared in Japan (approximate date) [Significance of this event is unclear].

By topic

Religion

  • Hōryū-ji, a Japanese Buddhist temple, burns to the ground after being hit by lightning; its reconstruction is immediately begun.
  • The diocese of Dorchester-on-Thames in England is replaced by the Diocese of Winchester (approximate date).


Births

  • Bertrada of Prüm, Merovingian princess (approximate date)
  • Childebert III, king of the Franks (approximate date)
  • Corbinian, Frankish bishop (approximate date)
  • Drogo, Carolingian duke of Champagne (d. 708)
  • Petronax, Italian monk and abbot (approximate date)
  • Smbat VI, Armenian prince (approximate date)
  • Tariq ibn Ziyad, Muslim general (d. 720)
  • Tatwine, archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date)
  • Tridu Songtsen, emperor of Tibet (d. 704)
  • Wihtred, king of Kent (approximate date)

Deaths

References

  1. ^ John Cairns, "Road to Manzikert" (2012). Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery (Chapter 3), p. 67. ISBN 978-1-84884-215-1
  2. ^ Bede Book IV, Chapter V.

Sources

  • Bede. "Book IV". Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Internet History Sourcebooks Project.
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