Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| 677 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 677 DCLXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1430 |
| Armenian calendar | 126 ԹՎ ՃԻԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5427 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 598–599 |
| Bengali calendar | 84 |
| Berber calendar | 1627 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1221 |
| Burmese calendar | 39 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6185–6186 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3374 or 3167 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3375 or 3168 |
| Coptic calendar | 393–394 |
| Discordian calendar | 1843 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 669–670 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4437–4438 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 733–734 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 598–599 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3777–3778 |
| Holocene calendar | 10677 |
| Iranian calendar | 55–56 |
| Islamic calendar | 57–58 |
| Japanese calendar | Hakuchi 28 (白雉２８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 569–570 |
| Julian calendar | 677 DCLXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3010 |
| Minguo calendar | 1235 before ROC 民前1235年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −791 |
| Seleucid era | 988/989 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1219–1220 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 803 or 422 or −350 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 804 or 423 or −349 |
Year 677 (DCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 677 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
- The Onogur Bulgars are scattered by the Khazars, who then establish a great Steppe empire, centered on the Lower Volga. The Onogurs depart to the Pannonian Plain.
- Warinus, Frankish nobleman, is stoned to death near Arras, because of a feud between his brother, Leodegar (bishop of Autun), and Ebroin, the Mayor of the Palace of Neustria.
- 25 – 27 July: Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica: Slavic forces launch a large-scale assault on the city walls, but are repelled.
Asia
- Tang China declares the deposed Bojang of Goguryeo "King of Joseon", placing him in charge of the Liaodong area under the Protectorate General to Pacify the East.
Americas
- At Pulil, the army of Calakmul vanquishes the insurgency led by Nuun Ujol Chaak, meaning Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil is able to return to rule Dos Pilas, from his exile in the kingdom of Hix Witz.
Births
- Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik, Arab general (approximate date)
- Clovis IV, King of the Franks (d. 694)
- Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī, fifth Shi'a Imam; d. 733)
- Nanyue Huairang, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (d. 744)
Deaths
- Constantine I, patriarch of Constantinople
- Drest VI, king of the Picts
- Vincent Madelgarius, Frankish monk
- Warinus, Frankish nobleman
References
- The Early Medieval Balkans, by John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Slavic Invasions, p. 67. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3