Editing 653

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Year '''653''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 653 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constans II]] voluntarily surrenders [[Armenia]] to the [[Arab people|Arabs]], following a truce with [[Muawiyah I|Muawiyah]], governor of [[Syria]]. Muawiyah grants the [[Armenians]] virtual autonomy, and appoints the ''[[nakharar]]'' [[Theodor Rshtuni]] as [[Ostikanate of Arminiya|ruler of Armenia]].<ref>For the terms of this treaty see Kaegi, Walter (1992). "Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 196–197. {{ISBN|05214-8455-3}}</ref>
* Muawiyah leads a raid against [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]], taking the scattered pieces of the [[Colossus of Rhodes]] (one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]) and shipping it back to Syria, where he destroys the [[bronze]] scrap to make coins.

==== Europe ====
* King [[Rodoald]] is murdered after a six-month reign, and is succeeded by [[Aripert I]], who is elected as king of the [[Lombards]]. He spreads [[Catholicism]] over the Lombard [[realm]] and builds many new [[Church (building)|church]]es through the kingdom.
* [[Atto of Spoleto|Atto]] succeeds [[Theodelap of Spoleto|Theodelap]] as [[duke of Spoleto]], in [[Central Italy]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Penda of Mercia]] secures dominance over the area of [[Middle Angles|Middle Anglia]],{{sfn|Kirby|2000|loc=chapter&nbsp;5, "The northern Anglian hegemony", section "The reign of Oswald"}} where he establishes his son [[Peada]] as ruler.{{sfn|Kirby|2000||p=78}} 
* Peada marries Alchflaed, daughter of King [[Oswiu of Northumbria|Oswiu of Bernicia]], and is [[Baptism|baptised]] at ''Ad Murum'' (in the region of [[Hadrian's Wall]]) by bishop [[Finan of Lindisfarne|Finan]].
* King [[Œthelwald of Deira]] rejects Oswiu's overlordship, and turns to Penda instead. Penda mounts another attack against [[Bernicia]] (approximate date).
* [[Talorgan I of the Picts|Talorgan I]], nephew of Oswiu, is crowned king of the [[Picts]]. He probably accepts [[Northumbria]]n overlordship and pays [[tribute]].{{sfn|Bede Book II|loc=[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book2.html Chapter&nbsp;V]}}
* King [[Sigeberht the Little|Sigeberht I]] of [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]] dies after a 36-year reign, and is succeeded by his relative [[Sigeberht the Good|Sigeberht II]]. 
* Sigeberht II is persuaded by Oswiu to adopt [[Christianity]], as part of a [[mobilization]] against Penda.

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Kōtoku|Kōtoku]] sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to the court of the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]]. Japanese [[ambassador]]s, [[priest]]s and [[student]]s sail for the capital [[Chang'an]], but some of the ships are lost ''en route''.
* Prince [[Emperor Tenji|Tenji]] of [[Japan]] changes his residence to [[Asuka, Yamato|Asuka]] ([[Nara Prefecture]]), with other imperial family members and ministers. Only Emperor Kōtoku stays in the [[Osaka|Naniwa]] Palace (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin I]] is arrested in the [[Lateran]] in [[Rome]], along with [[Maximus the Confessor]], on the orders of Emperor Constans II, and taken to imprisonment in [[Constantinople]].
* Northumbrian [[Missionary|missionaries]] under [[Cedd|St. Cedd]] are despatched to Essex, to found the [[monastery]] at [[Bradwell-on-Sea]].
* The [[Sinheungsa|Temple of Sinheungsa]] in [[Gangwon Province (South Korea)|Gangwon Province]] ([[South Korea]]) is constructed by the [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] [[Jajang]]. 
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== Births ==
* [[Childeric II]], king of the [[Franks]] (approximate date)
* [[Li Xian (prince)|Li Xian]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[684]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Li Ke]], prince of the Tang dynasty
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[Honorius of Canterbury|Honorius]], [[archbishop of Canterbury]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bellenger |first1=Dominic Aidan |last2=Fletcher |first2=Stella |title=The Mitre and the Crown: A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury |date=17 February 2005 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-9495-1 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib]], uncle of [[Muhammad]] (approximate date)
* [[Chen Shuozhen]], Chinese rebel leader
* [[Chindasuinth]], king of the [[Visigoths]]
* [[Marcán mac Tommáin]], king of [[Uí Maine]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Plato (exarch)|Plato]], [[Exarchate of Ravenna|exarch of Ravenna]]
* [[Rodoald]], king of the [[Lombards]]
* [[Romaric]], Frankish nobleman
* [[Sigeberht the Little|Sigeberht I]], king of [[Essex]]
* [[Talorc III of the Picts|Talorc III]], king of the [[Picts]]
* [[Theodelap of Spoleto|Theodelap]], [[duke of Spoleto]] (approximate date)
* [[Zhang Xingcheng]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (b. [[587]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite web |last=Bede |author-link=Bede |title=Book II |work=[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]] |publisher=Internet History Sourcebooks Project |url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book2.html |ref={{harvid|Bede Book&nbsp;II}}}}
* {{cite book |last=Kirby |first=D. P. |date=2000 |title=The Earliest English Kings |edition=revised |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-24211-8}}
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