675
Year 675 (DCLXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 675 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.
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| Gregorian calendar | 675 DCLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1428 |
| Armenian calendar | 124 ԹՎ ՃԻԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5425 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 596–597 |
| Bengali calendar | 82 |
| Berber calendar | 1625 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1219 |
| Burmese calendar | 37 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6183–6184 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3371 or 3311 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3372 or 3312 |
| Coptic calendar | 391–392 |
| Discordian calendar | 1841 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 667–668 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4435–4436 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 731–732 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 596–597 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3775–3776 |
| Holocene calendar | 10675 |
| Iranian calendar | 53–54 |
| Islamic calendar | 55–56 |
| Japanese calendar | Hakuchi 26 (白雉２６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 566–568 |
| Julian calendar | 675 DCLXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3008 |
| Minguo calendar | 1237 before ROC 民前1237年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −793 |
| Seleucid era | 986/987 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1217–1218 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 801 or 420 or −352 — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 802 or 421 or −351 |
King Theuderic III (654–691)
Events
Europe
- King Childeric II is murdered by a band of dissatisfied Neustrians, along with his wife Bilichild and 5-year-old son Dagobert, while hunting in the forest of Livry (modern-day Lognes) near Chelles.
- Theuderic III retakes the throne of his elder brother Childeric II. He inherits the Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Burgundy.
- Clovis III, an illegitimate son of Chlothar III, is proclaimed king of Austrasia by the Austrasian nobles.
Britain
- King Wulfhere of Mercia dies after a 17-year reign, in which he has extended his sway over much of England south of the Humber River, including Essex, Surrey, and part of Wessex north of the Thames. Wulfhere is succeeded by his brother Æthelred.
- April 1 – King Hlothhere of Kent re-establishes Kentish supremacy in London.
Asia
- 25-year-old poet Wang Bo (王勃) writes Tengwang Ge Xu, to celebrate the Tengwang Pavilion (approximate date).
- January 5 – In Japan, a platform to observe the stars for astrologers is erected for the first time.
- March 14 – Princess Tōchi and Princess Abe of Japan proceed to Ise Jingū.
- March 16 – Emperor Tenmu decrees the end of serfdom. He also orders an end to granting lands to Princes of the Blood, to Princes and to Ministers and Temples.
- May 8 – Tenmu issues a decree to distribute the tax-rice for peasants in poverty, as well as a decree regulating fishing and hunting, and ordering a halt to eating the flesh of cattle, horses, dogs, monkeys and barn-yard fowl, a prohibition which lasts until 1872.
- Some Japanese ministers who oppose Tenmu are banished to an isolated island. A man climbs the hill east of the Palace, curses the emperor and kills himself.
- September 16 – A typhoon strikes Japan.
Births
- Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary (approximate date)
- Huoching, Alamannic nobleman (approximate date)
- Niu Xianke, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 742)
- Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire (d. 721)
- Wigbert, Anglo-Saxon monk (approximate date)
Deaths
- February 18 – Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarne
- February 21 – Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval
- May 25 – Li Hong, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 652)
- Amandus, bishop and saint
- Bilichild, Frankish queen
- Childeric II, king of the Franks
- Germanus of Granfelden, Frankish abbot
- Lupus I, duke of Aquitaine (approximate date)
- Máel Dub, Irish monk (approximate date)
- Wulfhere, king of Mercia
References
- Walsh 2007, pp. 21–22.
Sources
- Walsh, Michael (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. London: Burns & Oats. ISBN 978-0-86012-438-2.
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