Year 646 (DCXLVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 646 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 |
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| Centuries: | |
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| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 646 DCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1399 |
| Armenian calendar | 95 ԹՎ ՂԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5396 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 567–568 |
| Bengali calendar | 53 |
| Berber calendar | 1596 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1190 |
| Burmese calendar | 8 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6154–6155 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3343 or 3136 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3344 or 3137 |
| Coptic calendar | 362–363 |
| Discordian calendar | 1812 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 638–639 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4406–4407 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 702–703 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 567–568 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3746–3747 |
| Holocene calendar | 10646 |
| Iranian calendar | 24–25 |
| Islamic calendar | 25–26 |
| Japanese calendar | Taika 2 (大化２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 537–538 |
| Julian calendar | 646 DCXLVI |
| Korean calendar | 2979 |
| Minguo calendar | 1266 before ROC 民前1266年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −822 |
| Seleucid era | 957/958 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1188–1189 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 772 or 391 or −381 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 773 or 392 or −380 |
Events edit
By place edit
Byzantine Empire edit
- Arab-Byzantine War: Alexandria is recaptured by the Muslim Arabs, after a Byzantine attempt (see 645) to retake Egypt fails, ending nearly 1,000 years of rule by Greco-Roman states in the city.
- Gregory the Patrician, Byzantine exarch of Africa, begins a rebellion against Constans II, and proclaims himself emperor; the revolt finds broad support among the populace.
Arabian Empire edit
- Caliph Uthman ibn Affan founds the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) on the coast of the Red Sea. He establishes a port for Muslim pilgrims making the required Hajj to Mecca.
Africa edit
- Battle of Nikiou: The Rashidun army (15,000 men) under Amr ibn al-'As defeats a smaller Byzantine force, near the fortified town of Nikiou (Egypt).
- Amr ibn al-'As builds fortifications in Alexandria and quarters a strong garrison in the vicinity, which twice a year is relieved from Upper Egypt.[1]
China edit
- Summer – Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty destroys the Xueyantuo state, during the campaign against the Xueyantuo (Central Asia).
Japan edit
- Emperor Kōtoku makes a decree about the policies of building tombs. He discontinues the old customs of sacrificing people in honor of a dead man, and forbids ill-considered rituals about purgation.
- A Great Reform edict changes Japan's political order. It will lead to the establishment of a centralized government with Kōtoku ruling from his palace, Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace, in Osaka.
By topic edit
Religion edit
- Xuanzang completes his book Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, which later becomes one of the primary sources for the study of medieval Central Asia and India.
Births edit
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim Caliph (d. 705)
- Gudula, Frankish saint
- Li Sujie, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 690)
- Sun Guoting, Chinese calligrapher (d. 691)
- Tonyukuk, military leader of the Göktürks (approximate date)
Deaths edit
- January 17 – Sulpitius the Pious, bishop of Bourges[2]
- January 19 – Liu Ji, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
- unknown dates
- Gallus, Irish missionary (approximate date)
- Zhang Liang, general of the Tang dynasty
References edit
- ^ Muir 1898, p. 166, Chapter XXII, "Conquest of Egypt".
- ^ Charles George Herbermann (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Universal Knowledge Foundation. p. 333.
Sources edit
- Muir, William (1898). The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall, from Original Sources (3rd ed.). London: Smith, Elder. p. 166.