What happened in 653?
3 recorded events in 653, including 1 in architecture & engineering, 1 in people and 1 in empires & countries.
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People 1
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Zhang Xingcheng died
Chinese chancellor (587-653)
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Varagavank
Monastery in Bakraçlı, İpekyolu, Van, Turkey
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Empires & Countries 1
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Kingdom of Northumbria founded
Kingdom of Northumbria was founded.
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 653.
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Battle of Oxus River
651 battle within the Muslim conquest of Khorasan
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Battle of Ray
651 battle
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Bhartṛhari died
Indian linguist, poet and writer
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Rothari died
King of the Lombards
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Second battle of Dongola
652 battle between the Rashidun Caliphate and Makuria
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Siege of Herat
Part of the Islamic conquest of Sassanid Persia
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Jindeok of Silla died
Queen of the Silla kingdom (Korea)
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Pyrrhus of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Battle of Badghis
654 battle
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Martin I died
7th‑century pope and martyr, bishop of Rome (649–655), exiled for opposing Monothelitism, venerated as a saint in Catholic and Orthodox Churches
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Battle of the Winwaed
655 battle
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Didier of Cahors died
Merovingian official
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