674

Year 674 (DCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 674 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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674 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar674
DCLXXIV
Ab urbe condita1427
Armenian calendar123
ԹՎ ՃԻԳ
Assyrian calendar5424
Balinese saka calendar595–596
Bengali calendar81
Berber calendar1624
Buddhist calendar1218
Burmese calendar36
Byzantine calendar6182–6183
Chinese calendar癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
3370 or 3310
     to 
甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
3371 or 3311
Coptic calendar390–391
Discordian calendar1840
Ethiopian calendar666–667
Hebrew calendar4434–4435
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat730–731
 - Shaka Samvat595–596
 - Kali Yuga3774–3775
Holocene calendar10674
Iranian calendar52–53
Islamic calendar54–55
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar565–566
Julian calendar674
DCLXXIV
Korean calendar3007
Minguo calendar1238 before ROC
民前1238年
Nanakshahi calendar−794
Seleucid era985/986 AG
Thai solar calendar1216–1217
Tibetan calendar阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
800 or 419 or −353
     to 
阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
801 or 420 or −352
Constantinople during the Byzantine period

Events

Byzantine Empire

  • Siege of Constantinople: The Arab fleet enters the Sea of Marmara and appears before the southern walls of Constantinople, in an attempt to blockade the Byzantine capital.
  • April A Muslim expeditionary force disembarks on the Thracian shore (near Hebdomon), and lays siege to the massive Theodosian Walls, on the landward side to the west.
  • Summer Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, companion and standard-bearer of Muhammad, is killed during the first attempt of the siege of the city (approximate date).
  • Winter Arab forces under Yazid (son of caliph Muawiyah I) retire to Cyzicus (Turkey). For the next 4 years the Arab fleet installs a loose blockade around Constantinople.

Europe

  • The Muslim-Arabs raid Crete, killing and enslaving many soldiers. (approximate date).

Britain

  • King Ecgfrith of Northumbria defeats a coalition led by the Mercians. He annexes the region of Lindsey (Lincolnshire).
  • King Æscwine succeeds his father Cenfus as ruler of Wessex (approximate date).

Asia

  • King Vikramaditya I of Chalukya defeats the Pallavan army in battle, and destroys its capital Kanchi (modern India).[1]
  • In Korea, Anapji is constructed by order of King Munmu of Silla.
  • In Japan, Princess Ōku proceeds to the Ise Jingu.

Religion

  • Æthelthryth, former queen of Northumbria, gives large areas of land to bishop Wilfrid to found Hexham Abbey.
  • The Monkwearmouth monastery is founded by Benedict Biscop in Northumbria.
  • The first glass windows are placed in English churches (approximate date).

Births

  • Poppo, king (duke) of Frisia (d. 734)
  • Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Muslim caliph (approximate date)

Deaths

  • Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, friend (sahabah) of Muhammad (approximate date)
  • Hassan ibn Thabit, Arab poet and companion of Muhammad
  • Hongren, Chán (Buddhist) patriarch of the Tang Dynasty (b. 601)
  • Seaxburh, queen of Wessex (approximate date)

References

  1. Spencer C. Tucker (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: "From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East", p. 205. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5
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