677

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	650s 660s 670s 680s 690s
Years:	674 675 676 677 678 679 680

677 in various calendars

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.^[1]
• 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

1. The Early Medieval Balkans, by John V.A. Fine, Jr (1991). The Slavic Invasions, p. 67. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3