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Find sources: "652" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s Years 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 v t e 652 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e 652 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 652 DCLII Ab urbe condita 1405 Armenian calendar 101 ԹՎ ՃԱ Assyrian calendar 5402 Balinese saka calendar 573–574 Bengali calendar 58–59 Berber calendar 1602 Buddhist calendar 1196 Burmese calendar 14 Byzantine calendar 6160–6161 Chinese calendar 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3349 or 3142 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3350 or 3143 Coptic calendar 368–369 Discordian calendar 1818 Ethiopian calendar 644–645 Hebrew calendar 4412–4413 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 708–709 - Shaka Samvat 573–574 - Kali Yuga 3752–3753 Holocene calendar 10652 Iranian calendar 30–31 Islamic calendar 31–32 Japanese calendar Hakuchi 3 (白雉３年) Javanese calendar 543–544 Julian calendar 652 DCLII Korean calendar 2985 Minguo calendar 1260 before ROC 民前1260年 Nanakshahi calendar −816 Seleucid era 963/964 AG Thai solar calendar 1194–1195 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Boar) 778 or 397 or −375 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Water-Rat) 779 or 398 or −374 The [Giant Wild Goose Pagoda](/source/Giant_Wild_Goose_Pagoda) in [Xi'an](/source/Xi'an) ([China](/source/China)) Year **652** (**[DCLII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Sunday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Sunday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 652 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### Europe - King [Rothari](/source/Rothari) dies after a 16-year reign, and is succeeded by his son [Rodoald](/source/Rodoald) as king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards). #### Britain - King [Penda of Mercia](/source/Penda_of_Mercia) invades [Bernicia](/source/Bernicia), and besieges King [Oswiu](/source/Oswiu_of_Northumbria) at [Bamburgh](/source/Bamburgh), in [North East England](/source/North_East_England). #### Arab Empire - [Arab–Byzantine War](/source/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars): An Arab fleet under [Abdullah ibn Sa'ad](/source/Abdullah_ibn_Saad) defeats the [Byzantine fleet](/source/Byzantine_fleet) (500 ships) off the coast of [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria).[1] - [Siege of Dongola](/source/Second_Battle_of_Dongola): A [Rashidun](/source/Rashidun_Caliphate) army (5,000 men) under Abdullah ibn Sa'ad besieges [Dongola](/source/Dongola) in the [Kingdom of Makuria](/source/Kingdom_of_Makuria) (modern [Sudan](/source/Sudan)). - [Uthman ibn Affan](/source/Uthman_ibn_Affan) establishes a [treaty](/source/Treaty) (the [Baqt](/source/Baqt)) between the Christian [Nubians](/source/Nubia) and the [Muslims](/source/Muslim) in [Egypt](/source/Egypt), that lasts for six centuries,[2] including the tribute of 400 slaves annually.[3] - [Abdel al Rahman ibn Awf](/source/Abdur_Rahman_bin_Awf), companion (*[sahabah](/source/Sahabah)*) of [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad), frees 30,000 [slaves](/source/Slavery) at his death (approximate date). #### Asia - The registers of population are prepared in [Japan](/source/Japan). Fifty houses are made a township, and for each township there is appointed an elder. The houses are all associated in groups of five for mutual protection, with one elder to supervise them one with another. This system prevails until the era of [World War II](/source/World_War_II). - The [Giant Wild Goose Pagoda](/source/Giant_Wild_Goose_Pagoda) is constructed in [Chang'an](/source/Chang'an) (modern [Xi'an](/source/Xi'an)), during the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) ([China](/source/China)). It is completed in the same year, during the reign of Emperor [Gao Zong](/source/Emperor_Gaozong_of_Tang). ## Births - [Chlothar III](/source/Chlothar_III), king of [Neustria](/source/Neustria) and [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy) (d. [673](/source/673)) - [Constantine IV](/source/Constantine_IV), Byzantine emperor (d. [685](/source/685)) - [Li Hong](/source/Li_Hong), prince of the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) (d. [675](/source/675)) ## Deaths - [Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib](/source/Abbas_ibn_Abd_al-Muttalib), uncle of [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad) (approximate date) - [Abdel Rahman ibn Awf](/source/Abdur_Rahman_bin_Awf), companion of Muhammad (approximate date) - [Abu Sufyan ibn Harb](/source/Abu_Sufyan_ibn_Harb), Arabic leader (b. [560](/source/560)) - [Emmeram](/source/Emmeram_of_Regensburg), bishop of [Regensburg](/source/Regensburg) (approximate date) - [Itta of Metz](/source/Itta_of_Metz), widow of [Pippin of Landen](/source/Pippin_of_Landen) (b. [592](/source/592)) - [Li Tai](/source/Li_Tai), prince of the Tang dynasty (b. [618](/source/618)) - [Olympius](/source/Olympius_(exarch)), [exarch of Ravenna](/source/Exarchate_of_Ravenna) - [Rothari](/source/Rothari), king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMuir1898206Chapter XXVIII,_"Caliphate_of_Othman"_1-0)** [Muir 1898](#CITEREFMuir1898), p. 206, Chapter XXVIII, "Caliphate of Othman". 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Jennings, Anne M. (1995). [*The Nubians of West Aswan: Village Women in the Midst of Change*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8tHR1A4qjYwC&q=six+centuries). Lynne Reinner. p. 26. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55587-592-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55587-592-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Manning, P. (1990). Slavery and African life: occidental, oriental, and African slave trades. Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. p. 28-29 ### Sources - [Muir, William](/source/William_Muir) (1898). *The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall, from Original Sources* (3rd ed.). 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