Editing 663

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[[File:Reconstructed Danfeng Men.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|"Danfeng Gate" of the [[Daming Palace]] ([[China]])]]
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Year '''663''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 663 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constans II]] launches an assault against the [[Duchy of Benevento]] ([[Southern Italy]]). Taking advantage of the fact that Lombard king [[Grimoald I of Benevento|Grimoald I]] is engaged against [[Franks|Frankish]] forces from [[Neustria]], Constans disembarks at [[Taranto]], and besieges [[Lucera]] and [[Benevento]].
* Constans II visits [[Rome]] for 12 days (the only emperor to set foot in Rome for two centuries), and is received with great honor by [[Pope Vitalian]]. Constans gives the order to strip buildings, including the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]], of their [[Ornament (art)|ornament]]s, which will be carried back to [[Constantinople]]. 
* Constans II moves the imperial court from Constantinople to [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]. He tries to stop the [[Early Muslim conquests|Arab conquest]] of [[Sicily]], and restores Rome as seat of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Constans strips sacred [[Altar (Catholicism)|altar vessel]]s from [[Church (building)|church]]es all over Rome. 
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Forino|Battle of Forino]]: The [[Byzantine army]], led by Constans II, is defeated by the [[Lombards]] under [[Romuald I of Benevento|Romuald I]]. He seizes Taranto and [[Brindisi]], receiving military aid from the Bulgar [[Alcek|Alcek horde]], who are settled in the area of [[Ravenna]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Oswiu of Northumbria]] invades [[Picts|Pictland]] (modern [[Scotland]]). He establishes overlordship of, at least, the Southern Pictish sub-kingdoms of [[Fortriu]] and [[Fife|Fib]] (and possibly [[Angus, Scotland|Circinn]]).
* A brief outbreak of [[Bubonic plague|plague]] hits [[Great Britain|Britain]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[June 5]] &ndash; In [[China]], the [[Daming Palace]] becomes the government seat and royal residence of Emperor [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gao Zong]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
* [[Battle of Baekgang]]: Korean [[Baekje]] forces and their [[Japan]]ese allies are defeated in a naval battle, by a joint [[Silla]]–Tang coalition.
*[[Mount Fuji]] is estimated to have been first climbed by a monk in this year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.universetoday.com/31910/mount-fuji/|title=Mount Fuji|last=Cain|first=Fraser|date=2009-06-02|website=Universe Today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Wine (bishop)|Wine]], bishop of [[Winchester]], moves the [[episcopal see]] north again to [[Bishop of Winchester|Dorchester]].{{sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1996|p=223}}
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== Births ==
* [[Nasr ibn Sayyar]], Arab general (d. [[748]])
* [[Prince Ōtsu|Ōtsu]], Japanese prince and [[poet]] (d. [[686]]) 
* [[Song Jing]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[AD 737|737]]) 
* [[Princess Yamanobe|Yamanobe]], Japanese princess (approximate date)
* [[Zhang Yue (Tang dynasty)|Zhang Yue]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. [[730]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Ago of Friuli|Ago]], [[Dukes and margraves of Friuli|duke of Friuli]] (approximate date) 
* [[Cunibert]], [[Elector of Cologne|bishop of Cologne]] (approximate date)
* [[Gartnait IV of the Picts|Gartnait IV]], king of the [[Picts]] (approximate date)
* [[Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin]], king of [[Connacht]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Gwisil Boksin]], Korean general of [[Baekje]] ([[Korea]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last1=Fryde |first1=E. B. |last2=Greenway |first2=D. E. |last3=Porter |first3=S. |last4=Roy |first4=I. |date=1996 |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-56350-X}}
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