660s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 6th century - 7th century - 8th century |
| Decades: | 630s 640s 650s - 660s - 670s 680s 690s |
| Years: | 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and Trends
- Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib is assassinated. He is succeeded by Hasan ibn Ali as the Shia Imam and Muawiyah I as the Sunni Caliph. This was the foundation of the Umayyad caliphate. [1]
- The Synod of Whitby
[edit] References
- ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.
