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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s Years 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 v t e

657 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

657 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 657 DCLVII Ab urbe condita 1410 Armenian calendar 106 ԹՎ ՃԶ Assyrian calendar 5407 Balinese saka calendar 578–579 Bengali calendar 63–64 Berber calendar 1607 Buddhist calendar 1201 Burmese calendar 19 Byzantine calendar 6165–6166 Chinese calendar 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3354 or 3147 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3355 or 3148 Coptic calendar 373–374 Discordian calendar 1823 Ethiopian calendar 649–650 Hebrew calendar 4417–4418 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 713–714 - Shaka Samvat 578–579 - Kali Yuga 3757–3758 Holocene calendar 10657 Iranian calendar 35–36 Islamic calendar 36–37 Japanese calendar Hakuchi 8 (白雉８年) Javanese calendar 548–549 Julian calendar 657 DCLVII Korean calendar 2990 Minguo calendar 1255 before ROC 民前1255年 Nanakshahi calendar −811 Seleucid era 968/969 AG Thai solar calendar 1199–1200 Tibetan calendar མེ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dragon) 783 or 402 or −370 — to — མེ་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Snake) 784 or 403 or −369

[Pope Vitalian](/source/Pope_Vitalian) (657–672)

Year **657** (**[DCLVII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Sunday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Sunday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 657 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

- [Grimoald the Elder](/source/Grimoald_the_Elder), mayor of the palace of [Austrasia](/source/Austrasia), is deposed by [Clovis II](/source/Clovis_II), king of [Neustria](/source/Neustria). Clovis also captures Grimoald's son [Childebert the Adopted](/source/Childebert_the_Adopted), executing them both.

- Clovis II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son [Chlothar III](/source/Chlothar_III), age 5, who becomes king of Neustria and [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy), under the [regency](/source/Regency) of his mother [Balthild](/source/Balthild).

#### Arab Empire

- [July 26](/source/July_26) - [July 28](/source/July_28) – [Battle of Siffin](/source/Battle_of_Siffin): Muslim forces under [Ali ibn Abi-Talib](/source/Ali) fight an inconclusive battle against [Mu'awiya I](/source/Mu'awiya_I), on the banks of the [Euphrates](/source/Euphrates), near [Raqqa](/source/Raqqa) ([Syria](/source/Syria)).

#### Asia

- [Tang campaigns against the Western Turks](/source/Tang_campaigns_against_the_Western_Turks): Emperor [Gao Zong](/source/Emperor_Gaozong_of_Tang) dispatches a [military campaign](/source/Conquest_of_the_Western_Turks) led by [Su Dingfang](/source/Su_Dingfang). He annexes the [Western Turkic Khaganate](/source/Western_Turkic_Khaganate).

- Gao Zong commissions the [pharmacology](/source/Pharmacology) publication of an official [materia medica](/source/Materia_medica), documenting the use of 833 different substances for [medicinal](/source/Medicine) purposes.

#### Americas

- In the course of the [Second Tikal–Calakmul War](/source/Second_Tikal%E2%80%93Calakmul_War), the [Snake Lord](/source/Snake_Lord) (Yuknoom Ch'een II) makes a direct attack against [Tikal](/source/Tikal) itself, driving out its new ruler [Nuun Ujol Chaak](/source/Nuun_Ujol_Chaak), and establishing [Calakmul](/source/Calakmul) as the [regional superpower](/source/Regional_superpower). [Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil](/source/B%CA%BCalaj_Chan_K%CA%BCawiil), the one time [heir apparent](/source/Heir_apparent) to rule Tikal, swears his allegiance to the new overlord.

### By topic

#### Religion

- [June 1](/source/June_1) – [Pope Eugene I](/source/Pope_Eugene_I) dies at [Rome](/source/Rome) after a reign of nearly 2½ years. He is succeeded by [Vitalian](/source/Pope_Vitalian) as the 76th [pope](/source/Pope).

- [Hilda](/source/Hilda_of_Whitby), Anglo-Saxon [abbess](/source/Abbess), founds a [monastery](/source/Whitby_Abbey) at Streaneshalch, on the [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire) coast at [Whitby](/source/Whitby) ([England](/source/England)).[1]

## Births

- [Ansprand](/source/Ansprand), king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards) (approximate date)

## Deaths

- [June 2](/source/June_2) – [Pope Eugene I](/source/Pope_Eugene_I)

- [November 12](/source/November_12) – [Livinus](/source/Livinus), Irish [apostle](/source/Apostle)

- [Ammar ibn Yasir](/source/Ammar_ibn_Yasir), companion of [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad) and [Ali ibn Abi Talib](/source/Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib) (b. [570](/source/570))

- [Childebert the Adopted](/source/Childebert_the_Adopted), king ([usurper](/source/Usurper)) of [Austrasia](/source/Austrasia)

- [Clovis II](/source/Clovis_II), king of [Neustria](/source/Neustria) and [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy) (or [658](/source/658))

- [Grimoald the Elder](/source/Grimoald_the_Elder), [Mayor of the Palace](/source/Mayor_of_the_Palace) (b. [616](/source/616))

- [Talorgan I](/source/Talorgan_I_of_the_Picts), king of the [Picts](/source/Picts)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Saint Hilda of Whitby | English abbess"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Hilda-of-Whitby). *Encyclopedia Britannica*. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

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