660 (DCLX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 660th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 660th year of the 1st millennium, the 60th year of the 7th century, and the 1st year of the 660s decade. As of the start of 660, the Gregorian calendar was 3 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Quick Facts Millennium:, Centuries: ...
Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 6th century7th century8th century
Decades: 630s  640s  650s 660s 670s  680s  690s
Years: 657 658 659660661 662 663
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660 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar660
DCLX
Ab urbe condita1413
Armenian calendar109
ԹՎ ՃԹ
Assyrian calendar5410
Balinese saka calendar581–582
Bengali calendar67
Berber calendar1610
Buddhist calendar1204
Burmese calendar22
Byzantine calendar6168–6169
Chinese calendar己未(Earth Goat)
3356 or 3296
     to 
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
3357 or 3297
Coptic calendar376–377
Discordian calendar1826
Ethiopian calendar652–653
Hebrew calendar4420–4421
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat716–717
 - Shaka Samvat581–582
 - Kali Yuga3760–3761
Holocene calendar10660
Iranian calendar38–39
Islamic calendar39–40
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar551–552
Julian calendar660
DCLX
Korean calendar2993
Minguo calendar1252 before ROC
民前1252年
Nanakshahi calendar−808
Seleucid era971/972 AG
Thai solar calendar1202–1203
Tibetan calendar阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
786 or 405 or −367
     to 
阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
787 or 406 or −366
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Events

  • The Umayyad Empire was established.
  • In the year 660 the kingdom of Silla invaded the kingdom of Baekje. (see Korea)
  • Empress Saimei of Japan makes an order to dispatch a force to the Korean Peninsula to save Baekje.

Births

  • Yamanoue no Okura, Japanese poet (d. 733) (see: Waka)

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