647

Year 647 (DCXLVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 647 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	620s 630s 640s 650s 660s
Years:	644 645 646 647 648 649 650

647 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	647 DCXLVII
Ab urbe condita	1400
Armenian calendar	96 ԹՎ ՂԶ
Assyrian calendar	5397
Balinese saka calendar	568–569
Bengali calendar	54
Berber calendar	1597
Buddhist calendar	1191
Burmese calendar	9
Byzantine calendar	6155–6156
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3344 or 3137     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3345 or 3138
Coptic calendar	363–364
Discordian calendar	1813
Ethiopian calendar	639–640
Hebrew calendar	4407–4408
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	703–704
- Shaka Samvat	568–569
- Kali Yuga	3747–3748
Holocene calendar	10647
Iranian calendar	25–26
Islamic calendar	26–27
Japanese calendar	Taika 3 (大化３年)
Javanese calendar	538–539
Julian calendar	647 DCXLVII
Korean calendar	2980
Minguo calendar	1265 before ROC 民前1265年
Nanakshahi calendar	−821
Seleucid era	958/959 AG
Thai solar calendar	1189–1190
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 773 or 392 or −380     — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 774 or 393 or −379

Cheomseongdae in Gyeongju (South Korea)

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Arab–Byzantine War: An Arab army (20,000 men) under Abdullah ibn Sa'ad invades the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa. It conquers Tripolitania and the city of Sufetula, 150 miles (240 km) south of Carthage.
• Self-proclaimed emperor Gregory the Patrician is killed during the Arab invasion at Sufetula. Africa returns to imperial allegiance after his death, but the foundation of Byzantine rule is fatally undermined.

Asia

• Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty sends a Chinese mission to study Indian techniques of sugar manufacturing, at Bihar in the Ganges Valley.^[1]
• Taizong establishes a Chinese military government to pacify the former territory of Xueyantuo, which extends to the Altai Mountains in the west.
• Emperor Harsha, ruler of northern India, dies after a 41-year reign. His kingdom disintegrates into smaller states.
• Jindeok becomes queen of the Korean kingdom of Silla after the death of Queen Seondeok.^[2]

By topic

Astronomy and science

• A stone tower astronomical observatory (named Cheomseongdae) at Gyeongju is constructed in Silla (South Korea) around this time.

Religion

• Hilda of Whitby, age 33, is persuaded by Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne, to enter the monastic life at Hartlepool Abbey (Northumbria).

Births

• Al-Abbas ibn Ali, Muslim martyr (d. 680)
• Itzamnaaj B'alam II, ruler of Yaxchilan (d. 742)

Deaths

• Æthelburh of Kent, queen of Northumbria
• Felix of Burgundy, bishop of Dunwich (or 648)
• Gao Shilian, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 576)
• Gregory the Patrician, Exarch of Africa
• Harsha, emperor of Harsha (India)
• Li Baiyao, Chinese official and historian (b. 564)
• Seondeok, queen of Silla (Korea)^[2]
• Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 574)
• Yang Shidao, chancellor of the Tang dynasty

References

1. Kieschnick, John (2003). "The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture". Princeton University Press, p. 258. ISBN 0-691-09676-7
2. "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.