Years: 653 654 655 656 - 657 - 658 659 660 661

Decades: 620s 630s 640s - 650s - 660s 670s 680s

Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century

Events

• June 2 - Pope Eugene I dies and is subsequently canonized.
• Ali Ben Abu Talib fights Muawiyah over the Caliphate of Islam and captures Anbar.
• Saint Hilda founds an abbey on the Yorkshire coast at Whitby
• July 30 - Vitalian elected Pope
• Tang Dynasty under Tang Gao Zong defeat Turks

Births

Deaths

• Pope Eugene I