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Calendar year

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s Years 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 v t e

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

658 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 658 DCLVIII Ab urbe condita 1411 Armenian calendar 107 ԹՎ ՃԷ Assyrian calendar 5408 Balinese saka calendar 579–580 Bengali calendar 64–65 Berber calendar 1608 Buddhist calendar 1202 Burmese calendar 20 Byzantine calendar 6166–6167 Chinese calendar 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3355 or 3148 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3356 or 3149 Coptic calendar 374–375 Discordian calendar 1824 Ethiopian calendar 650–651 Hebrew calendar 4418–4419 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 714–715 - Shaka Samvat 579–580 - Kali Yuga 3758–3759 Holocene calendar 10658 Iranian calendar 36–37 Islamic calendar 37–38 Japanese calendar Hakuchi 9 (白雉９年) Javanese calendar 549–550 Julian calendar 658 DCLVIII Korean calendar 2991 Minguo calendar 1254 before ROC 民前1254年 Nanakshahi calendar −810 Seleucid era 969/970 AG Thai solar calendar 1200–1201 Tibetan calendar མེ་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Snake) 784 or 403 or −369 — to — ས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Horse) 785 or 404 or −368

Painting of [Jajang](/source/Jajang) (590–658)

Year **658** (**[DCLVIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Monday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 658 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

#### Byzantine Empire

- Emperor [Constans II](/source/Constans_II) undertakes an expedition to the [Balkan Peninsula](/source/Balkans), and defeats the [Avars](/source/Avars_(Carpathians)) in [Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(region)). He temporarily reasserts [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) rule, and [resettles](/source/Asia_Minor_Slavs) some of them in [Anatolia](/source/Anatolia) to fight against the [Rashidun Caliphate](/source/Rashidun_Caliphate) (approximate date).

#### Europe

- The [confederation](/source/Confederation) of [Slavic tribes](/source/Slavic_peoples) falls apart after the death of King [Samo](/source/Samo). A Slav [principality](/source/Principality) is formed from the kingdom's remnants in [Carinthia](/source/Carinthia_(Slovenia)) (modern [Austria](/source/Austria)), and the Avars capture most of its territory in [Hungary](/source/Hungary) (approximate date).

#### Britain

- [Battle of Peonnum](/source/Battle_of_Peonnum): King [Cenwalh](/source/Cenwalh_of_Wessex) and the [Wessex Saxons](/source/Wessex) make a push against [Dumnonia](/source/Dumnonia) ([South West England](/source/South_West_England)). They are victorious at [Penselwood](/source/Penselwood) in [Somerset](/source/Somerset), and the Dumnonia-Wessex border is set at the [River Parrett](/source/River_Parrett) (approximate date).

- A revolt led by three Mercian noblemen (Immin, Eata, and Eadberht) installs [Wulfhere](/source/Wulfhere_of_Mercia) (son of king [Penda](/source/Penda_of_Mercia)) as ruler of [Mercia](/source/Mercia), and drives out the supporters of King [Oswiu of Northumbria](/source/Oswiu_of_Northumbria).[1]

#### Asia

- The Chinese [Buddhist](/source/Chinese_Buddhism) monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You recreate several [south-pointing chariots](/source/South-pointing_chariot), for the Japanese prince [Tenji](/source/Emperor_Tenji). This is a 3rd-century device made by [Ma Jun](/source/Ma_Jun_(mechanical_engineer)), and acts as a mechanical-driven directional-[compass](/source/Compass) vehicle (according to the *[Nihon Shoki](/source/Nihon_Shoki)*).

- Chinese forces defeat the [Western Turkic Kaganate](/source/Western_Turkic_Kaganate) ([Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia)). The West kaganate becomes a vassal of the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty). During the power vacuum, [Turgesh](/source/Turgesh) tribes emerge as the leading power (approximate date).

#### Rashiduin Caliphate

- [April](/source/April): [Amr ibn al-As](/source/Amr_ibn_al-As) and [Abu Musa al-Ashari](/source/Abu_Musa_al-Ashari) conclude the arbitration agreement that ended the [Battle of Siffin](/source/Battle_of_Siffin) the previous year, declaring Caliph [Ali](/source/Ali) deposed and declaring Muawiyah as the legitimate Caliph. This badly damages Ali's standing among the Caliphate, and paves the way for the end of the [First Fitna](/source/First_Fitna).

- [July](/source/July): Taking advantage of the internal strife befalling Caliph Ali's faction as a result of the arbitration verdict and the Kharijite uprising, Amr ibn al-As enters Egypt with a Syrian army and reclaims the province that he had previously led thirteen years prior, proclaiming himself governor with Muawiyah's agreement. The Egyptian governor appointed by Ali, Muhammad ibn abi Bakr, under pressure due to many of the Muslim soldiers now seeing Muawiyah as the legitimate Caliph, and Amr's high popularity, surrenders the province without bloodshed, depriving Ali of the richest province of the Caliphate, and further undermining his position. Abi Bakr is later killed against Amr's orders, either on Muawiyah's orders or by Syrian soldiers in a summary execution.

- [July 17](/source/July_17): The [Battle of Nahrawan](/source/Battle_of_Nahrawan) sees Caliph Ali decisively defeat a Kharijite rebellion, which marks the last fighting of the First Fitna.

## Births

- [Willibrord](/source/Willibrord), Anglo-Saxon [missionary](/source/Missionary)

## Deaths

- [Cellach mac Máele Coba](/source/Cellach_mac_M%C3%A1ele_Coba), [high king of Ireland](/source/High_King_of_Ireland)

- [Chu Suiliang](/source/Chu_Suiliang), [chancellor of the Tang dynasty](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty) (b. [597](/source/597))

- [Clovis II](/source/Clovis_II), king of [Neustria](/source/Neustria) and [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy) (or [657](/source/657))

- [Du Zhenglun](/source/Du_Zhenglun), chancellor of the Tang dynasty

- [Erchinoald](/source/Erchinoald), [mayor of the Palace](/source/Mayor_of_the_Palace) of Neustria

- [Jajang](/source/Jajang), Korean Buddhist [monk](/source/Monk) (b. [590](/source/590))

- [Judicael](/source/Saint_Judicael), high king of [Domnonée](/source/Domnon%C3%A9e)

- [Samo](/source/Samo), king of the [Slavs](/source/Slavs) ([Carinthia](/source/Carinthia_(Slovenia)))

- [Yuchi Gong](/source/Yuchi_Gong), general of the Tang dynasty (b. [585](/source/585))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBede_Book_II[httpwwwfordhameduhalsallbasisbede-book2html_Chapter XXIV]_1-0)** [Bede Book II](#CITEREFBede_Book_II), [Chapter XXIV](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book2.html).

### Sources

- [Bede](/source/Bede). ["Book II"](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book2.html). *[Ecclesiastical History of the English People](/source/Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People)*. Internet History Sourcebooks Project.

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