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657

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

Decades: 600s 610s 620s 630s 640s - 650s - 660s 670s 680s 690s 700s

Years: 652 653 654 655 656 - 657 - 658 659 660 661 662

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Events

• Ali Ben Abu Talib fights Muawiyah over the overlordship of Islam
• Ali Ben Abu Talib captures Anbar
• Saint Hilda founds an abbey on the Yorkshire coast at Whitby
• Vitalian elected pope
• Tang Dynasty under Tang Gao Zong defeat Turks

Births

Deaths

• Pope Eugene I

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