653 BC Deaths

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Year 653 ( DCLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 653 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

* Emperor Constans II voluntarily surrenders Armenia to the Arab people, Arabs, following a truce with Muawiyah I, Muawiyah, governor of Syria. Muawiyah grants the Armenians virtual autonomy, and appoints the ''nakharar'' Theodor Rshtuni as Ostikanate of Arminiya, ruler of Armenia.
* Muawiyah leads a raid against Rhodes (city), Rhodes, taking the scattered pieces of the Colossus of Rhodes (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) and shipping it back to Syria, where he destroys the bronze scrap to make coins.

Europe

* King Rodoald is murdered after a six-month reign, and is succeeded by Aripert I, who is elected as king of the Lombards. He spreads Catholicism over the Lombard realm and builds many new Church (building), churches through the kingdom.
* Atto of Spoleto, Atto succeeds Theodelap of Spoleto, Theodelap as duke of Spoleto, in Central Italy (approximate date).

Britain

* King Penda of Mercia secures dominance over the area of Middle Angles, Middle Anglia, where he establishes his son Peada as ruler.
* Peada marries Alchflaed, daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria, Oswiu of Bernicia, and is Baptism, baptised at ''Ad Murum'' (in the region of Hadrian's Wall) by bishop Finan of Lindisfarne, Finan.
* King Œthelwald of Deira rejects Oswiu's overlordship, and turns to Penda instead. Penda mounts another attack against Bernicia (approximate date).
* Talorgan I of the Picts, Talorgan I, nephew of Oswiu, is crowned king of the Picts. He probably accepts Northumbrian overlordship and pays tribute.
* King Sigeberht the Little, Sigeberht I of Kingdom of Essex, Essex dies after a 36-year reign, and is succeeded by his relative Sigeberht the Good, Sigeberht II.
* Sigeberht II is persuaded by Oswiu to adopt Christianity, as part of a mobilization against Penda.

Asia

* Emperor Emperor Kōtoku, Kōtoku sends an Diplomatic mission, embassy to the court of the Tang Dynasty in China. Japanese ambassadors, priests and students sail for the capital Chang'an, but some of the ships are lost ''en route''.
* Prince Emperor Tenji, Tenji of Japan changes his residence to Asuka, Yamato, Asuka (Nara Prefecture), with other imperial family members and ministers. Only Emperor Kōtoku stays in the Osaka, Naniwa Palace (approximate date).

By topic

Religion

* June 17 – Pope Martin I is arrested in the Lateran in Rome, along with Maximus the Confessor, on the orders of Emperor Constans II, and taken to imprisonment in Constantinople.
* Northumbrian Missionary, missionaries under Cedd, St. Cedd are despatched to Essex, to found the monastery at Bradwell-on-Sea.
* The Sinheungsa, Temple of Sinheungsa in Gangwon Province (South Korea), Gangwon Province (South Korea) is constructed by the Bhikkhu, Buddhist monk Jajang.

Births

* Childeric II, king of the Franks (approximate date)
* Li Xian (prince), Li Xian, prince of the Tang Dynasty (d. 684)

Deaths

* March 6 – Li Ke, prince of the Tang Dynasty
* September 30 – Honorius of Canterbury, Honorius, archbishop of Canterbury
* Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad (approximate date)
* Chen Shuozhen, Chinese rebel leader
* Chindasuinth, king of the Visigoths
* Marcán mac Tommáin, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
* Plato (exarch), Plato, Exarchate of Ravenna, exarch of Ravenna
* Rodoald, king of the Lombards
* Romaric, Frankish nobleman
* Sigeberht the Little, Sigeberht I, king of Essex
* Talorc III of the Picts, Talorc III, king of the Picts
* Theodelap of Spoleto, Theodelap, duke of Spoleto (approximate date)
* Zhang Xingcheng, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 587)

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