Editing 658

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[[File:Jajang-monk.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Painting of [[Jajang]] (590–658)]]
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Year '''658''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constans II]] undertakes an expedition to the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]], and defeats the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]]. He temporarily reasserts [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] rule, and [[Asia Minor Slavs|resettles]] some of them in [[Anatolia]] to fight against the [[Rashidun Caliphate]] (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* The [[confederation]] of [[Slavic peoples|Slavic tribes]] falls apart after the death of King [[Samo]]. A Slav [[principality]] is formed from the kingdom's remnants in [[Carinthia (Slovenia)|Carinthia]] (modern [[Austria]]), and the Avars capture most of its territory in [[Hungary]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Peonnum]]: King [[Cenwalh of Wessex|Cenwalh]] and the [[Wessex|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) installs [[Wulfhere of Mercia|Wulfhere]] (son of king [[Penda of Mercia|Penda]]) as ruler of [[Mercia]], and drives out the supporters of King [[Oswiu of Northumbria]].{{sfn|Bede Book II|loc=[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book2.html Chapter&nbsp;XXIV]}}

==== Asia ====
* The Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You recreate several [[south-pointing chariot]]s, for the Japanese prince [[Emperor Tenji|Tenji]]. This is a 3rd-century device made by [[Ma Jun (mechanical engineer)|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).
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=== Rashiduin Caliphate ===
* [[April]]: [[Amr ibn al-As]] and [[Abu Musa al-Ashari]] conclude the arbitration agreement that ended the [[Battle of Siffin]] the previous year, declaring Caliph [[Ali]] deposed and declaring Muawiyah as the legitimate Caliph. This badly damages Ali's standing among the Caliphate, and paves the way for the end of the [[First Fitna]].
* [[July]]: Taking advantage of the internal strife befalling Caliph Ali's faction as a result of the arbitration verdict and the Kharijite uprising, Amr ibn al-As enters Egypt with a Syrian army and reclaims the province that he had previously led thirteen years prior, proclaiming himself governor with Muawiyah's agreement. The Egyptian governor appointed by Ali, Muhammad ibn abi Bakr, under pressure due to many of the Muslim soldiers now seeing Muawiyah as the legitimate Caliph, and Amr's high popularity, surrenders the province without bloodshed, depriving Ali of the richest province of the Caliphate, and further undermining his position. Abi Bakr is later killed against Amr's orders, either on Muawiyah's orders or by Syrian soldiers in a summary execution.
* [[July 17]]: The [[Battle of Nahrawan]] sees Caliph Ali decisively defeat a Kharijite rebellion, which marks the last fighting of the First Fitna.

== Births ==
* [[Willibrord]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]]

== Deaths ==
* [[Cellach mac Máele Coba]], [[High King of Ireland|high king of Ireland]]
* [[Chu Suiliang]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (b. [[597]])
* [[Clovis II]], king of [[Neustria]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (or [[657]]) 
* [[Du Zhenglun]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty
* [[Erchinoald]], [[mayor of the Palace]] of Neustria
* [[Jajang]], Korean Buddhist [[monk]] (b. [[590]])
* [[Saint Judicael|Judicael]], high king of [[Domnonée]]
* [[Samo]], king of the [[Slavs]] ([[Carinthia (Slovenia)|Carinthia]])
* [[Yuchi Gong]], general of the Tang dynasty (b. [[585]])

== 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}}}}
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