Editing 657

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[[File:Pope Vitalian Illustration.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Vitalian]] (657–672)]]
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Year '''657''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 657 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 ====
* [[Grimoald the Elder]], mayor of the palace of [[Austrasia]], is deposed by [[Clovis II]], king of [[Neustria]]. Clovis also captures Grimoald's son [[Childebert the Adopted]], executing them both. 
* Clovis II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son [[Chlothar III]], age 5, who becomes king of Neustria and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]], under the [[regency]] of his mother [[Balthild]].

==== Arab Empire ====
* [[Battle of Siffin]]: Muslim forces under [[Ali|Ali ibn Abi-Talib]] fight an inconclusive battle against [[Mu'awiya I]], on the banks of the [[Euphrates]], near [[Raqqa]] ([[Syria]]).

==== Asia ====
* [[Tang campaigns against the Western Turks]]: Emperor [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gao Zong]] dispatches a [[Conquest of the Western Turks|military campaign]] led by [[Su Dingfang]]. He annexes the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]].
* Gao Zong commissions the [[pharmacology]] publication of an official [[materia medica]], documenting the use of 833 different substances for [[Medicine|medicinal]] purposes.

==== Americas ====
* In the course of the [[Second Tikal–Calakmul War]], the [[Snake Lord]] (Yuknoom Ch'een II) makes a direct attack against [[Tikal]] itself, driving out its new ruler [[Nuun Ujol Chaak]], and establishing [[Calakmul]] as the [[regional superpower]]. [[Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil]], the one time [[heir apparent]] to rule Tikal, swears his allegiance to the new overlord.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene I]] dies at [[Rome]] after a reign of nearly 2½ years. He is succeeded by [[Pope Vitalian|Vitalian]] as the 76th [[pope]].
* [[Hilda of Whitby|Hilda]], Anglo-Saxon [[abbess]], founds a [[Whitby Abbey|monastery]] at Streaneshalch, on the [[Yorkshire]] coast at [[Whitby]] ([[England]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Hilda of Whitby {{!}} English abbess |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Hilda-of-Whitby |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Ansprand]], king of the [[Lombards]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene I]]
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Livinus]], Irish [[apostle]] 
* [[Ammar ibn Yasir]], companion of [[Muhammad]] and [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] (b. [[570]])
* [[Childebert the Adopted]], king ([[usurper]]) of [[Austrasia]] 
* [[Clovis II]], king of [[Neustria]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (or [[658]])
* [[Grimoald the Elder]], [[Mayor of the Palace]] (b. [[616]])
* [[Talorgan I of the Picts|Talorgan I]], king of the [[Picts]]

== References ==
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