Editing 667

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[[File:Ildefonso de Toledo (cropped).jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Ildefonsus of Toledo]] by [[El Greco]] (1600–1604)]]
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Year '''667''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 667 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 ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine War]]: Caliph [[Muawiyah I]] launches a series of attacks against [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] holdings in [[Exarchate of Africa|Africa]], [[Sicily]] and the East.{{sfn|Treadgold|1997|pp=318–324}}

==== Europe ====
* The [[Lombards]], under King [[Grimoald I of Benevento|Grimoald I]], destroy [[Oderzo]] ([[Northern Italy]]). Much of its population flees to the nearby city of [[Eraclea|Heraclea]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* King [[Javanshir]] of [[Caucasian Albania]] (modern [[Azerbaijan]]) revolts against the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Muslim-Arabs]], but is defeated (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Wighard]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], dies of the [[bubonic plague]] while returning from his [[consecration]] in [[Rome]].{{sfn|Hindley|2006|p=47}}
* The [[Abbey of St. Vaast]] in [[Arras]] ([[France]]) is founded. 
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== Births ==
* [[Hisham ibn Urwah]], prominent narrator of hadith and scholar
* [[Qasim ibn Hasan]], son of [[Hassan ibn Ali]]

== Deaths ==
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Ildefonsus]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|bishop of Toledo]]
* [[Daoxuan]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[596]]) 
* [[Severus Sebokht]], Syrian scholar and [[bishop]] 
* [[Su Dingfang]], general of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[591]])
* [[Wighard]], [[archbishop of Canterbury]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Hindley |first=Geoffrey |date=2006 |title=A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation |publisher=Carroll & Graf |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7867-1738-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Treadgold |first=Warren |author-link=Warren Treadgold |date=1997 |title=A History of the Byzantine State and Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=0-8047-2630-2}}
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