651

Year 651 (DCLI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 651 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
651 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar651
DCLI
Ab urbe condita1404
Armenian calendar100
ԹՎ Ճ
Assyrian calendar5401
Balinese saka calendar572–573
Bengali calendar58
Berber calendar1601
Buddhist calendar1195
Burmese calendar13
Byzantine calendar6159–6160
Chinese calendar庚戌年 (Metal Dog)
3347 or 3287
     to 
辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
3348 or 3288
Coptic calendar367–368
Discordian calendar1817
Ethiopian calendar643–644
Hebrew calendar4411–4412
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat707–708
 - Shaka Samvat572–573
 - Kali Yuga3751–3752
Holocene calendar10651
Iranian calendar29–30
Islamic calendar30–31
Japanese calendarHakuchi 2
(白雉2年)
Javanese calendar542–543
Julian calendar651
DCLI
Korean calendar2984
Minguo calendar1261 before ROC
民前1261年
Nanakshahi calendar−817
Seleucid era962/963 AG
Thai solar calendar1193–1194
Tibetan calendar阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
777 or 396 or −376
     to 
阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
778 or 397 or −375

Events

Europe

  • King Clovis II of Neustria and Burgundy marries Balthild, said to be an Anglo-Saxon aristocrat sold into slavery in Gaul. She has been owned by Clovis' mayor of the palace, Erchinoald, who gives her to him to garner royal favour (approximate date).

Britain

  • King Oswiu of Bernicia declares war on his rival, King Oswine of Deira. Oswine refuses to engage him in battle, and retreats to Gilling (North Yorkshire). Oswine is betrayed by a friend, and murdered by Oswiu's soldiers.
  • Œthelwald succeeds his uncle Oswine as king of Deira, and allies himself with Oswiu's enemy, King Penda of Mercia. Queen Eanflæd of Bernicia donates the estate of Gilling for the foundation of a monastery.

Persia

  • King Yazdegerd III of Persia is murdered in a miller's hut near Merv by his followers, ending both Persian resistance to Arab conquest, and the Sassanid Empire.

Arabian Caliphate

  • The Rashidun army under Abdullah ibn Aamir invades Afghanistan, and captures the main forts in Khorasan (modern Iran). The Muslim Arabs occupy the cities of Balkh and Herat, which surrender peacefully.
  • An embassy led by Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas arrives in the capital Chang'an via an oversea route. They are greeted by Emperor Gao Zong, who orders the establishment of the first Chinese mosque.
  • The Quran is compiled by Caliph Uthman ibn Affan in its modern-day form. The text becomes the model from which copies are made and promulgated throughout the urban centers of the Arab world.

Religion

  • The Hôtel-Dieu de Paris is founded by bishop Landry (Landericus). It becomes the first major hospital in Paris.

Deaths

References

  1. "Saint Aidan | bishop of Lindisfarne". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
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