Editing 650

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[[File:Chasaren.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Khazars|Khazar Khaganate]] (650–850)]]
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Year '''650''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCL]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 650 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* The [[Khazars|Khazar Khaganate]] extends from the [[Dnieper]] to the [[Caspian Sea]], and establishes the city, [[Atil|Itil]], as its capital on the shore of the Caspian. Northward it extends to the headwaters of the [[Volga]]. Their rulers accept the Jewish religion, apparently to assert their independence from both Muslims and Christians (approximate date).
* A [[Rashidun Caliphate|Rashidun]] army under [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a]] is annihilated by the Khazars, near the city of [[Balanjar]] (Northern [[North Caucasus|Caucasus]]). During the battle, both sides use [[catapult]]s against the other (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* The [[Mercia]]ns under King [[Penda of Mercia|Penda]] move on [[East Anglia]], destroy the [[monastery]] at [[Burgh Castle]] and expel King [[Anna of East Anglia|Anna]] who probably flees to [[Magonsæte]] (approximate date).
* King [[Oswiu]] of [[Bernicia]] seeks Irish support against the forces of Penda. While in Ireland he has a liaison with [[Fín]], the granddaughter of King [[Colmán Rímid|Colmán Rímid Uí Néill]] (approximate date).
* King [[Cloten of Dyfed and Brycheiniog|Cloten of Dyfed]] (Southern Wales) marries Princess Ceindrech of [[Brycheiniog]], and unites the two kingdoms (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The first Chinese [[paper money]] is issued,{{sfn|Roberts|1994}} yet these banknotes will not become government-issued until the [[Song dynasty]] era [[Sichuan]] province issues them in the year [[1024]], with the central government of China following suit in the 12th century. 
* [[Emperor Kōtoku]] is presented a white [[pheasant]]; he is pleased and begins a new [[Japanese era name]] (''nengō'') to be called [[Hakuchi (era)|Hakuchi]], meaning 'The White Pheasant'.

==== Americas ====
* Earliest confirmed date of habitation in the area around what is now [[Bluff, Utah]] by humans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bluffutah.org/town-history/|title = Bluff Town History - Bluff, Utah| date=November 10, 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Yuknoom Chʼeen II]], ruler of [[Calakmul]], attacks [[Dos Pilas]] and forces its leader, [[Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil]], and a likely heir to the throne of [[Tikal]], to take refuge at [[Aguateca]], beginning the [[Second Tikal–Calakmul War]].
* [[Jamaica]] is settled by the Ostinoid people, ancestors of the [[Taíno]]. They were farmers, potters, and villagers with socially complex societies. These people lived near the coast and extensively hunted turtles and fish.<ref>{{cite book |last=Atkinson |first=Lesley-Gail |date=2006 |page=3 |title=The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno |chapter=Introduction |location=Jamaica |publisher=University of the West Indies Press |isbn=978-976-640-149-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M33aOoslSTMC&pg=PA3}}</ref>

====Oceania====
* According to legend, the Polynesian traveller [[Ui-te-Rangiora]] sailed south into the [[Southern Ocean]] where they sighted ice floes and icebergs, eventually naming the area ''Te tai-uka-a-pia''.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[St Martin's Church, Canterbury|St. Martin's Church]] is built in [[Canterbury]], England (approximate date).

==== Art and science ====
* The panel of the [[Tamamushi Shrine]], the so called "Hungry Tigress Jataka", is made during the [[Asuka period]] (Japan). It is now kept at [[Horyu-ji]] Treasure House (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Anastasia (wife of Constantine IV)|Anastasia]], Byzantine empress (approximate date)
* [[Dagobert II]], king of [[Austrasia]] (approximate date)
* [[Frithuswith]], Anglo-Saxon [[abbess]] (approximate date)
* [[Saint Giles|Giles]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Jarir ibn Atiyah]], Arab poet and [[Satire|satirist]] (approximate date)
* [[Pope Sergius I|Sergius I]], pope of Rome (approximate date)
* [[Shen Quanqi]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and official (approximate date)
* [[Werburgh]], Anglo-Saxon princess (approximate date)
* [[Yao Chong]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[721]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Candrakīrti]], Indian [[Madhyamaka]] philosopher (approximate date)
* [[Empress Chen Yueyi|Chen Yueyi]], empress of [[Northern Zhou]] (approximate date)
* [[Ferchar mac Connaid]], king of [[Dál Riata]] (modern Scotland)
* [[Saint Fursey|Fursey]], Irish [[missionary]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Roberts |first=J. M. |author-link=J. M. Roberts |date=1994 |title=History of the World |publisher=Penguin}}
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