670
Year 670 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 670th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 670th year of the 1st millennium, the 70th year of the 7th century, and the 1st year of the 670s decade. The denomination 670 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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Arab-Byzantine War: The Arab fleet dominates the Aegean Sea and conquers the strategic islands, Rhodes, Cos and Chios. The southern shore of the Sea of Marmara is taken, providing an excellent base at Cyzicus to begin the blockade of Constantinople by sea.
Britain
- February 15 - King Oswiu of Northumbria dies during a pilgrimage to Rome in the company of bishop Wilfrid. He is succeeded by his son Ecgfrith, while his youngest son Ælfwine becomes king of Deira. Oswiu is buried at Whitby Abbey, alongside Edwin of Northumbria.
Arabian Empire
- Muslim Conquest: Arab forces under general Uqba ibn Nafi invade the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa. He establishes a military base at Kairouan for further invasions, and founds the Great Mosque, also known as the "Mosque of Uqba".
Asia
- Battle of Dafei River: Chinese forces, under general Xue Rengui of the Tang dynasty, are annihilated by the Tibetans, who take over control of the Tarim Basin.
- A Goguryeo restoration movement, led by Geom Mojam in northern Korea, places Anseung on the throne. Geom is later murdered, and Anseung flees to neighboring Silla.
- Tarumanagara is divided into two kingdoms, with the Citarum River as the boundary.
- A family register, Kogo-nenjaku, is prepared in Japan.
By topic
Religion
Births
- Bertrada of Prüm, Merovingian princess
- Childebert III, king of the Franks
- Corbinian, Frankish bishop
- Drogo, Carolingian duke of Champagne
- Petronax, Italian monk and abbot
- Smbat VI, Armenian prince
- Tariq ibn Ziyad, Muslim general
- Tatwine, archbishop of Canterbury
- Tridu Songtsen, emperor of Tibet
- Wihtred, king of Kent
Deaths
- February 15 - Oswiu, king of Northumbria
- August 18 - Fiacre, Irish hermit
- Audomar, bishop of Thérouanne
- Geom Mojam, military leader of Goguryeo
- Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad and second Shi'a Imam
- Javanshir, king of Caucasian Albania
- Li Chunfeng, Chinese mathematician and historian
- Merewalh, king of Magonsæte
- Safiyya bint Huyayy, wife of Muhammad
- Theodard, bishop of Maastricht
