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This article is about the year 668. For the number (and other uses), see 668 (number).
Millennium: 1st millennium Centuries: 6th century – 7th century – 8th century Decades: 630s 640s 650s – 660s – 670s 680s 690s Years: 665 666 667 – 668 – 669 670 671 668 by topic Politics State leaders – Sovereign states Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishment and disestablishment categories Establishments – Disestablishments 668 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 668
DCLXVIIIAb urbe condita 1421 Armenian calendar 117
ԹՎ ՃԺԷAssyrian calendar 5418 Bahá'í calendar -1176 – -1175 Bengali calendar 75 Berber calendar 1618 English Regnal year N/A Buddhist calendar 1212 Burmese calendar 30 Byzantine calendar 6176 – 6177 Chinese calendar 丁卯年十二月十二日
(3304/3364-12-12)— to —戊辰年十一月廿三日
(3305/3365-11-23)Coptic calendar 384 – 385 Ethiopian calendar 660 – 661 Hebrew calendar 4428 – 4429 Hindu calendars - Bikram Samwat 724 – 725 - Shaka Samvat 590 – 591 - Kali Yuga 3769 – 3770 Holocene calendar 10668 Iranian calendar 46 – 47 Islamic calendar 47 – 48 Japanese calendar Korean calendar 3001 Minguo calendar 1244 before ROC
民前1244年Thai solar calendar 1211 Year 668 (DCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 668 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.
Events
By place
Europe
- Childeric II succeeds Clotaire III as King of the Franks.
- Kotrag leads Khazars in overthrowing his brother Batbayan who moves south into caucasus with his Balkars, Asparukh moves into Moesia, while the remaining two sons of Kubrat move into Pannonian and ultimately also Keramissian plains.
Byzantine Empire
- September 15 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
- Mezezius is proclaimed Emperor by the army in Syracuse in the absence of the sons of Constans II.
- Constantine IV, son of Constans II, becomes Byzantine Emperor, succeeding Constans II. He organizes an expedition to kill the usurper Mezezius.
Africa
- Arab forces conquer the Garamantes.
Asia
- The ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, in southern Manchuria and northern Korea, is overthrown by the alliance of Tang China and Silla. Unified Silla period starts.
- The Emperor of Japan hunts on the Moor of Ōmi-Gamōno. The letters exchanged between Prince Ōama and Princess Nukata are recorded in Man'yōshū.
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
- Constans II, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated)
- Zhiyan
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