658

This article is about the year 658. For the number, see 658 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	620s  630s  640s  – 650s –  660s  670s  680s
Years:	655 656 657 – 658 – 659 660 661

658 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

658 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	658 DCLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1411
Armenian calendar	107 ԹՎ ՃԷ
Assyrian calendar	5408
Bengali calendar	65
Berber calendar	1608
Buddhist calendar	1202
Burmese calendar	20
Byzantine calendar	6166–6167
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3354 or 3294     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3355 or 3295
Coptic calendar	374–375
Discordian calendar	1824
Ethiopian calendar	650–651
Hebrew calendar	4418–4419
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	714–715
- Shaka Samvat	580–581
- Kali Yuga	3759–3760
Holocene calendar	10658
Iranian calendar	36–37
Islamic calendar	37–38
Japanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	658 DCLVIII
Korean calendar	2991
Minguo calendar	1254 before ROC 民前1254年
Seleucid era	969/970 AG
Thai solar calendar	1200–1201

File:Jajang-monk.jpg

Painting of Jajang (590–658)

Year 658 (DCLVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 658 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

Byzantine Empire

• Emperor Constans II undertakes an expedition to the Balkan Peninsula and defeats the Avars in Macedonia. He temporarily reasserts Byzantine rule and resettles some of them in Anatolia to fight against the Rashidun Caliphate (approximate date).

Europe

• The confederation of Slavic tribes falls apart after the death of king Samo. A Slav principality is formed from the kingdom's remnants in Carinthia (modern Austria) and the Avars capture most of its territory in Hungary (approximate date).

Britain

• Battle of Peonnum: King Cenwalh and the Wessex Saxons make a push against Dumnonia (South West England). They are victorious at Penselwood in Somerset and the Dumnonia-Wessex border is set at the River Parrett (approximate date).
• A revolt led by three Mercian noblemen—Immin, Eata, and Eadberht—install Wulfhere (son of king Penda) as ruler of Mercia and drive out the supporters of king Oswiu of Northumbria.

Asia

• The Chinese Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You recreate several south-pointing chariots for the Japanese prince Tenji. This is a 3rd-century device made by Ma Jun and acts as a mechanical-driven directional-compass vehicle (according to the Nihon Shoki).
• Chinese forces defeat the Western Turkic Kaganate (Central Asia). The West kaganate becomes a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. During the power vacuum, Turgesh tribes emerge as the leading power (approximate date).

Births

• Ali ibn Husayn Zayn, great-grandson of Muhammad and Shia Imam
• Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary (approximate date)

Deaths

• Cellach mac Máele Coba, high king of Ireland
• Chu Suiliang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 597)
• Clovis II, king of Neustria and Burgundy (or 657)
• Du Zhenglun, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Erchinoald, mayor of the Palace of Neustria
• Jajang, Korean Buddhist monk (b. 590)
• Judicael, high king of Domnonée
• Samo, king of the Slavs (Carinthia)
• Yuchi Jingde, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 585)