659
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This article is about a year.
For other uses, see 659 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s |
| Years: | 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 |
| 659 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 659 DCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1412 |
| Armenian calendar | 108 ԹՎ ՃԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1185 – -1184 |
| Berber calendar | 1609 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1203 |
| Burmese calendar | 21 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6167 – 6168 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年十二月初三日 (3295/3355-12-3) — to —
己未年十一月十三日(3296/3356-11-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 375 – 376 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 651 – 652 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4419 – 4420 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 714 – 715 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 581 – 582 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3760 – 3761 |
| Holocene calendar | 10659 |
| Iranian calendar | 37 – 38 |
| Islamic calendar | 38 – 39 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2992 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1202 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
- Ealdormen in Mercia rebel against Northumbrian rule and proclaim Wulfhere king.
[edit] Asia
- Japanese envoys are sent on a mission to Tang. They have an audience of the Tang Emperor. However, as Tang's Government determines next year to take administrative measures in regard to the lands east of the sea, they are detained within Tang.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- March 17 — Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess
- Han Yuan
- Liu Shi, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Zhangsun Wuji, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
